Learn ENGLISH with pleasure: How to write the date in english

1-In American English:
In American English the month is usually put before the day. If you want, you can put the definite article before the day. It is common to write a comma before the year.

Example: October (the) 5(th), 2004

2-In British English:

in British English the day is usually put before the month. If you want, you can add the ending of the ordinal number. The preposition of before the month is usually dropped. You can put a comma before the year, but this is not common anymore in British English.

Example: 5(th) (of) October(,) 2004

3-Using digits:

You can also write the date by using numbers only. The most common forms are:

Example: 5/10/04 or 5-10-04

4-How to say the year:

You write	You say
1900	nineteen hundred
1901	nineteen hundred (and) one nineteen oh-one
1995	nineteen ninety-five
2000	two thousand twenty hundred
2002	two thousand (and) two twenty oh-two
2010	two thousand (and) ten 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. You say: two thousand; 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).

a) 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

b) Sample sentences and the correct prepositions:

I was born in 1999. (Use in with the year.)
I was born in August. (Use in with the month.)
I was born on 12th May, 2000. (Use on in the complete date.)

Somtimes BC or AD is added after the year.

Example:
1060 BC (ten sixty Before Christ)

1060 AD (ten sixty Anno Domini) - This is Latin for >in the year of the Lord<.