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    There are two main ways to say and write dates in English. Dates can be written as day month year or month day year depending on whether it follows British or American conventions. When writing the date, numbers or words can be used for the day and year is usually written with four digits. Common ways to ask or reference dates in conversation are also outlined.

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    There are two main ways to say and write dates in English. Dates can be written as day month year or month day year depending on whether it follows British or American conventions. When writing the date, numbers or words can be used for the day and year is usually written with four digits. Common ways to ask or reference dates in conversation are also outlined.

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    There are two main ways to say and write dates in English. Dates can be written as day month year or month day year depending on whether it follows British or American conventions. When writing the date, numbers or words can be used for the day and year is usually written with four digits. Common ways to ask or reference dates in conversation are also outlined.

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    Dates

    english.lingolia.com/en/vocabulary/numbers-dates-time/dates

    Introduction
    There are different ways to say and write the date in British and American English.

    Saying the Date


    There are two different ways to say the date in English:

    first the day (ordinal number), then the month


    here, we say the before the day and of before the month.
    Example:
    5 October 2004 - the fifth of October, two thousand and four

    first the month, then the day (ordinal number)


    In British English we say the before the day (in American English we can leave out
    the.)
    Example:
    October 5, 2004 - October (the) fifth, two thousand and four

    We use it’s to say the date in a sentence.

    Example:
    It’s the fifth of October today.

    Asking About The Date


    To ask about the date we can say:

    Example:
    What’s the date today?
    What date is it today?

    Writing the Date


    We can write the date with words and numbers or just with numbers. We write the date
    day + month + year.

    Example:
    5 January 2016

    We can write the day as an ordinal number.

    Example:
    th 1/4
    5th January 2016

    We can put a comma between the month and the year. This is common when the date is
    part of a sentence.

    Example:
    The baby was born on 5 (th) January, 2016.

    We can also write the date using just numbers. We use a slash (/), a dot (.) or a dash (-)
    to separate the numbers.

    Example:
    5/1/16
    5.1.16
    5-6-16

    Writing the Date in American English


    In American English, We write the date month + day + year

    Example:
    January 5(th), 2016

    Compare the date in British and American English.

    Example:
    5-1-16 → 5 January 2016 (British English)
    5-1-16 → May 1 2016 (American English)

    Months
    The months (and their abbreviations) are listed below:

    1. January (Jan)
    2. February (Feb)
    3. March (Mar)
    4. April (Apr)
    5. May
    6. June
    7. July
    8. August (Aug)
    9. September (Sep)
    10. October (Oct)
    11. November (Nov)
    12. December (Dec)

    Days of the Week


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    The days of the week (and their abbreviations) are listed below:

    Weekdays

    Monday (Mon)
    Tuesday (Tu, Tue, Tues)
    Wednesday (Wed)
    Thursday (Th, Thu, Thur, Thurs)
    Friday (Fri)

    Weekend

    Saturday (Sat)
    Sunday (Sun)

    Public/Bank Holiday

    25th December, 1st January, …

    To Note:
    Months and days are always written with capital letters.
    Example:
    My sister was born on Thursday, 5 August, 1986.

    Public Holidays

    Holiday Date

    New Year’s Day 1st January

    Epiphany/Three Kings’ 6th January


    Day

    Valentine’s Day 14th January

    Easter date changes

    Ascension Day 5th May

    Whitsun date changes

    Mother’s Day date changes

    Father’s Day date changes

    All Saints’ Day 1st November

    Remembrance Day 11th November

    Christmas Eve 24th December


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    Holiday Date

    Christmas Day 25th December

    Boxing Day 26th December

    New Year’s Eve 31st December

    national holiday different for each


    country

    Independence Day different for each


    country

    Useful Vocabulary with Time Words

    Word/Expression Example

    today Today is Monday.

    tomorrow Tomorrow is Tuesday.

    the day after tomorrow The day after tomorrow is Wednesday.

    yesterday Yesterday was Sunday.

    the day before The day before yesterday was Saturday.


    yesterday

    the other day I met him on the train the other day.

    this week/month/year This week has been very cold.

    next week/month/year I’m going to Spain next month.

    last week/month/year She finished studying last year.

    in a week/month/year Michael has an exam in a week.

    a week/month/year ago We moved to Manchester two years ago.

    ages ago The last Harry Potter book came out ages
    ago.

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