1) March 8, 2004 or March 8, 2004 (UK)

2) March 8, 2004 or March 8, 2004 (USA)

Date writing shall comply with the following rules:

1) The year must be completely stated, and 2004 cannot be replaced by "04";

2) Months must be spelled in English or recognized abbreviations, namely January (Jan.), February (Feb.), March (Mar.), April (Apr.), May, June, July, August (Aug.) and September.

September, October, November, December;

3) Dates can be ordinal numbers, such as: 1ST, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, ...; Primitive words can also be used, such as: 1, 2, 3, 4, ... However, most Americans use the latter;

4) Year, month and day must be separated by commas;

5) Dates cannot be written in all Arabic numerals, such as 7. 12.2003 or 7/ 12/2003, otherwise it will cause misunderstanding. Because Britain and America have different idioms in this respect. According to American custom, the above date is July 12, 2003, while according to British custom, it is February 7, 2003.

6 April 6, 1978 is written in British English. 6 April 6, 1978 is written in American English. (Note: There is no comma between the day and the month. )

April 6, 1978

April 6 1978

April 6th 1978 is all right.

Regarding the writing of dates, we should pay attention to the following points:

(1) year should be written completely, and no abbreviations are allowed.

② Use English names instead of numbers for months.

(3) The name of the month is usually abbreviated. But May, June and July cannot be abbreviated because they are short.

④ When writing the date, you can use the cardinal number 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ... 28, 29, 30, 3 1 or the ordinal number lst, 2, 3, 4, 5, ... 28, 29, 30 and 365433. But it's best to use cardinal words, simple and clear.

Dates can be written in the following ways:

①20041October 20th

②10 May 2004

③ June 3, 2004

④ September 2004 16.

According to American custom, ① The most common dates are written in English and Arabic numerals. For example, September 8, 2008 should be written as September 8, 2008 or _09/08/2008_