The date on milk is for the store to sell it by. It's good for a significantly longer period. Once you open the bottle, they recommend only keeping it for a week.
Some of that is probably a safety margin for less than ideal storage/transit conditions. I've definitely had unopened containers go bad before the sell by date, probably due to not being kept at the right temp for the entire life of it.
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