The security patch level is generally indicated as the fifth day of the month. I'm not exactly sure why, but I do know that the updates are actually released to manufacturers a month early so I guess the target is to deploy them on/by the fifth.
There are sometimes multiple patch levels in a given month; they'd then be distinguished based on the security patch level date.
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