How do you write dates?

[Gryffindorian]

Just e-mail the person or send a text message.

No, I'm talking about the writing style you use to express the date, month, and year. I personally prefer the digit formats separated by slashes, as in 01/23/12 or 01/23/2012, but for formal correspondence I write out the month, as in January 23, 2012.

What say you? Do you have any personal preference?

EDIT: I added a poll.

 

[RoJoHen]

MM/DD/YY

 

[Robert Maxwell]

[M]M/[D]D/CCYY

 

[RoJoHen]

[M]M/[D]D/CCYY

Hmm...this is more accurate for me, I guess. I don't put a Zero in front of single digit months or days, but I still only put the two-digit year.

 

[Kirby]

MM/DD/YY for most things. Sometimes I'll shake it up with MM-DD-YY.
If I'm doing something formal I'll spell it out: January 23, 2012

 

[Roger Wilco]

DD.MM.YYYY usually.

 

[Robert Maxwell]

[M]M/[D]D/CCYY

Hmm...this is more accurate for me, I guess. I don't put a Zero in front of single digit months or days, but I still only put the two-digit year.

At least you don't know how to write dates in $HOROLOG format.

For instance, today is "62479" in $H, or "62479,48958" if we're including the time.

 

[auntiehill]

I write it out the way my work wants me to --MM/DD/YY, eg: 01/23/12.

I rarely write out the month, except on the rare check or document, where I put it as Jan. 23, 2012, for example.

 

[RoJoHen]

[M]M/[D]D/CCYY

Hmm...this is more accurate for me, I guess. I don't put a Zero in front of single digit months or days, but I still only put the two-digit year.

At least you don't know how to write dates in $HOROLOG format.

For instance, today is "62479" in $H, or "62479,48958" if we're including the time.

I don't even know what that means.

I write it out the way my work wants me to --MM/DD/YY, eg: 01/23/12.

I rarely write out the month, except on the rare check or document, where I put it as Jan. 23, 2012, for example.

I'll write it out if it's at the top of a formal letter or something, but otherwise I don't.

 

[RandyS]

January 23, 2012.

For clarity's sake. Depends on how much room there is on the check, how many letters in a given month, how many impatient assholes in line behind me, etc. But for the most part, I write it out as you see above.

 

[Sam_I_Am]

Usually dd.mm.yyyy or 2nd June 2009. I don't believe I've ever seen the long form written with a comma after the month as seen in the poll.

As a translator in French, English and German, I have to 'translate' dates quite often. I find I often have to do a bit of extra work when translating from French and German into English if I don't know whether it's destined for the U.S. or the Commonwealth. For example, if a French birth certificate includes '03.04.1974', I translate it as 3rd April 1974, in long form, so it's clear which is the month and which is the day.

 

[ares93]

I write it out the way my work wants me to --MM/DD/YY, eg: 01/23/12.

I use our work standard as well. Except for us its, DD/MM/YY.

On rare occasions I might use DD/MM-YYYY (23/01-2012)

At least you don't know how to write dates in $HOROLOG format.

For instance, today is "62479" in $H, or "62479,48958" if we're including the time.

I don't even know what that means.

I'm guessing that's supposed to be the 21st century version of Stardates.

 

[ThankQ]

I usually write dates something sweet and thoughtful, laced with hints of ornery suggestion.

 

[backstept]

in the control blocks on spec drawings I use dashes (MM-DD-YYYY)
in a file or folder name I use no spaces (YYYYMMDD) to keep things chronological

 

[MacLeod]

DD-MM-YY, which is generally the most common format used in the world. Known as the big endian, little endian YY-MM-DD is another common format. The US is about the only country that uses the middle MM-DD-YY.

In More formal correspendance I'll write the date i.e. 23rd Janurary 2012

On a related topic what about time

24hr clock or 12hr clock

In written form I alwasy use 24hr clock, as for spoken it varies a little.

 

[RoJoHen]

I never use a 24-hour clock.

 

[Sam_I_Am]

I use 24-hour time in writing. In speech I generally use 12-hour time (ie. ten past five for 17:10).

 

[Roger Wilco]

I never use a 24-hour clock.

The only time I don't is when I'm talking with Americans.

 

[Robert Maxwell]

I never use a 24-hour clock.

The only time I don't is when I'm talking with Americans.

We Americans suck at counting above 12, on account of not having enough fingers.

 

[ThankQ]

I never use a 24-hour clock.

The only time I don't is when I'm talking with Americans.

We Americans suck at counting above 12, on account of not having enough fingers.

Outside of the Ozark Mountain Range, anyway.