Ahh! I’ve kept a journal since I was maybe 8 years old. Kept it up through my teen years and nearly all the way through my 20s . I’m trying to teach myself the correct grammar and spelling , so I’m trying to be more precise even when I journal! However … google could not answer this one for me . lol I know it is different in other countries as well. But just curious if anyone else here knew the correct way , or wanted to share how they date their journals . 😊
How do you write a date in English?
The correct way to sign Day of the week, date of the month and time of your writing ?
How should I write the date in a formal letter?
How to handle dates when I write for international audiences?
Where do you put the date on a formal letter?
Say I’m trying to set a deadline.
“Please send the aforementioned documents by …”
Friday 17th March?
March 17, Friday?
Help? 😅
Edit: just wanted to thank everyone who answered and will answer. Can always count on you guys 🥰
I have most often seen "Wednesday, June 5, 2010", when the day of the week is included.
Usually, though, the day of the week is not included in the date; hence:
June 5, 2010 (for general U.S. and Canada usage)
5 June 2010 (for general U.K. and related usage)
The preceding examples pertain mainly to non-technical usage. For technical or more rigorous usages, you should use a numeric format (e.g. 2010-06-05 or 06-05-2010). If you do use a numeric format, be sure that the numeric format is compatible with the situation you use it in; if you're not careful, you might accidentally switch MM with DD.
For further information, reference this question.
As @drm65 has pointed out, there are various international standards, and it's not common to include the day of the week. However, there is one important exception: formal event announcements. It's quite customary to include the day of the week in a wedding invitation, for instance. (I can only speak for American customs, of course; British invitations might be in binary for all I know.) Here are a few valid formats:
Spelling out all numbers - quite formal, and a little unnatural:
Wednesday, the fifth of June, two thousand ten, at four o'clock in the afternoon.
All numbers in digits - much less formal; maybe too informal to be quite natural:
Wednesday June 5, 2010 at 4 p.m.
Compromise: Wednesday, June fifth, 2010, at four o'clock in the afternoon
There are other possibilities, of course. In general, you can use "June 5th", "June fifth", or "the fifth of June"; "the 5th of June" and "June the fifth" look a little strange; don't use "fifth June".
I personally like and use "5 June 2010" (back when I used to write actual paper checks, that was my preferred format), but I wouldn't put it on an invitation.