Scotland could become an independent country on March 24, 2016 if voters back leaving the UK in next year's independence referendum, the Deputy First Minister has announced.
The date is included in the Scottish Government's white paper, described as a "blueprint" for independence, which will be published on Tuesday.
Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said it is a "landmark document" which has economic growth, jobs and fairness at its heart.
She said the 670-page document will drive the independence debate, providing the positive case for a vote in favour of independence.
She said: "This guide to an independent Scotland will be the most comprehensive and detailed blueprint of its kind ever published, not just for Scotland but for any prospective independent country.
"It demonstrates Scotland's financial strengths and details how we will become independent - the negotiations, preparations and agreements that will be required in the transition period from a vote for independence in September next year to our proposed Independence Day of 24th March 2016 and in time for the first elections to an independent Scottish Parliament in May of that year."
Ms Sturgeon said the document is designed above all for the public and urged people to read it, compare it with any alternative future for Scotland and make up their own minds.
Ms Sturgoen has urged everyone in Scotland to read the document "The white paper has economic growth, jobs and fairness at its heart. The route to a successful Scotland is greater economic growth that benefits all and which supports greater participation - particularly amongst women - in the workplace and the economy as a whole," she said.
"Ensuring that work pays, for example through a decent minimum wage, is central to our economic and social approach.
"We won't succeed and reach our full potential as long as we are locked into an unbalanced Westminster-controlled economy that disproportionately benefits one region and one section of society."
Ex-Chancellor Alistair Darling, who is leading the charge to retain the union, has told Sky News that Scotland would be left vulnerable if it broke away from the UK. Negotiations that would follow an in-out vote could be "totally destructive", he told Sky's Murnaghan show.
A Scotland Office spokesman said naming the date of independence ahead of the referendum result "would only weaken the Scottish Government's negotiating position" if Scotland voted to leave the UK.
"People in Scotland still don't know the full terms the Scottish Government would try to negotiate but the 28 members of the EU, Nato and the rest of the UK would all know that for the Scottish Government the date is more important than the deal," he said.
"We agree people should read the White Paper and the UK Government's evidence and make up their own mind on the referendum issue.
"We are confident the case for staying in the UK is far stronger than the untested, uncosted and unconvincing claims the Scottish Government have made to date."
An initial print run of 20,000 copies of the Scottish Government's white paper has been produced but it will be made available to everyone who requests a copy.
The independence referendum will take place on September 18 next year.
The proposed Independence Day of Thursday, March 24, 2016 follows the dissolution of the current Scottish Parliament, which is set to be scheduled to take place at midnight on Wednesday, March 23, 2016.
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