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The Date PDF

This document provides guidelines for saying and writing years, dates, and months in British English and American English. In British English, years are typically said by separating them into decades, such as "nineteen eighty-five" for 1985. Dates are written with the day first, followed by the month and year, and said with the day followed by "of" and the month and year. In American English, dates are written with the month first, followed by the day and year, and said with the month followed by the day and year. Numbers are commonly used instead of writing out the full month name.

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The Date PDF

This document provides guidelines for saying and writing years, dates, and months in British English and American English. In British English, years are typically said by separating them into decades, such as "nineteen eighty-five" for 1985. Dates are written with the day first, followed by the month and year, and said with the day followed by "of" and the month and year. In American English, dates are written with the month first, followed by the day and year, and said with the month followed by the day and year. Numbers are commonly used instead of writing out the full month name.

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1.

General
How to say the year

You write You say

1900 nineteen hundred

nineteen hundred (and) one

1901

nineteen oh-one

1995 nineteen ninety-five

two thousand

2000

twenty hundred

two thousand (and) two

2002

twenty oh-two

two thousand (and) ten

2010

twenty ten
You normally split up the year in tens.

1985 is split up in 19 and 85. (You say: nineteen eighty-five).

From 2000 until 2009 the year is normally not split up.

 2000 = two thousand


 2001 = two thousand (and) one

The word and is often left out. From 2010 on the year is split up again.

2010 is split up in 20 and 10. (You say: twenty ten).

2. Writing and saying the date in British English


rule: day – month – year

Day Month Year

You write: 1st January, 2010

You say: the first of January twenty ten

Note: The two letters at the end of the number and the comma are often left out.
3. Writing and saying the date in American
English
rule: month – day – year

Month Day Year

You write: January 1st, 2010

You say: January (the)* first twenty ten

* The definite article ›the‹ can be left out.

6. Note
It is common to use numbers instead of months.

British English

 13-11-2010

 13/11/2010

 13.11.2010

American English

 11-13-2010

 11/13/2010

 11.13.2010

If you write 4/8/2011, it is the 4th August 2011 in Britain, but it is April 8th,
2011 in the USA.

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