How Do I Abbreviate the Year 1982 by an Apostrophe?

The most common way to abbreviate a year by an apostrophe is to replace the first two digits with an apostrophe. Halfler: I can never remember which apostrophe is so why don't I go ask my buddy Chet GPT and that's how we arrive at this. The apostrophe used to abbreviate the year 82 is technically considered a smart quote it goes on to describe this the difference between straight quotes.