How To Write Dates

Many people get confused about how to write dates with commas so here is a rule of thumb.

How to write dates. Dates in american english. In written american english the month of the date comes before the day and year. For single digit days and months you can choose to write the single digit or use a zero in front of the digit. On may 13th 2007 daniel was born. In the day month year format used in the uk and other countries do not use commas at all.

The exception to the above rule is when of is used. In the first format month day year a comma should be placed between the day and the year. If we use the same example as before. Note that when the month is spelled out using the month day year format only cardinal numbers 1 2 3 should be used not ordinal numbers 1st 2nd 3rd. In american english this is written 7 4 2000.

In the year 2000 the date was 4 7 2000 in british english. To write dates informally you can use numerals and dashes or backslashes between the day month and year to keep the dates short. The 6th day of the month september in the year 2019 then the date in american english should be written as. When you prefer to write the date in american english usually the month comes before the day then followed by the year. For example independence day in the usa is on july 4th each year.