(Take "1May 2, 988" as an example)
1, which reads: (the first) May 2nd, 1988.
Pronunciation: May 2nd, 988.
2. Writing: May 2, 1988
Pronunciation: May 2nd, 988.
note:
1), there is no comma between the date and the month.
2) In writing, the comma before the year can be omitted.
3) In writing, the ordinal suffix (-st, -nd, -rd or -th) indicating the date can be omitted.
4) In writing, the definite article the before ordinal number can generally be omitted (especially when it starts with ordinal number); But in reading, the definite article is not omitted.
Second, in American English, there is usually only one expression. that is
(Take "1May 2, 988" as an example)
Letter: May 2, 1988
Pronunciation: May 2, 1988
note:
1), there is no comma between the date and the month.
2) In writing, the comma before the year can be omitted.
3) In writing, the ordinal suffix (-st, -nd, -rd or -th) indicating the date can be omitted.
4) In writing, the definite article the before ordinal number can generally be omitted; In reading, definite articles are generally omitted.
Third, regardless of British English or American English, you can use the following expressions when you need to highlight the year, month and day (especially in official documents). that is
(Take "1May 2, 988" as an example)
Written in: A.D.1May 2, 988.
Pronunciation: the second day of May, 1988.
Fourth, when writing, you can also use numbers to express it completely. At this time, British English and American English are very different in expression. that is
(Take "1May 2, 988" as an example)
British style: 2.5.88; 2-5-88; 2 / 5 / 88
American: 5.2.88; 5-2-88; 5 / 2 / 88
Compared with the above, it is obvious that there are serious differences between the two expressions, that is, the month and date are completely reversed. So it is easy to get confused when using pure digital mode.
In order to avoid the confusion caused by the above writing differences, it was recently suggested that the month should be represented by Roman numerals in the pure digital mode. that is
(Take "1May 2, 988" as an example)
British style: 2. ⅴ.88; 2-Ⅴ-88; 2 / Ⅴ/ 88
American: ⅴ.2.88; Ⅴ-2-88; Ⅴ/ 2 / 88
6. Whether it is British English or American English, sometimes out of necessity, the day of the week is marked at the same time, and it is customary to follow the principle of "the day of the week comes before the day of the month". For example, you can't say:
(Take "Monday, May 2nd, 1988" as an example)
* May 2nd, 1988, Monday instead of Monday, May 2nd, 1988.
Extended data:
Four-digit years are pronounced in the following ways:
1. Generally speaking, the four numbers representing the year are divided into two groups, and the numbers in each group are read according to the cardinal number. 1865 pronounced 865 1998 pronounced 1998.
2. If it is a whole hundred years, the last two zeros are read as "happiness". 1900 read 1900 1800 read 1800.
3. Ten digits are "zero", pronounced as the letter O, and 1809 is pronounced as 1809.
4. Some reading materials about the Millennium. In 2000 and 2008, it was pronounced as two thousand eight or o eight 1008 as one thousand eight.
5. Numeric years within three digits are generally read by the method of cardinal words. 53 BC1is pronounced as five forgetfuls (and) three-one bc2, and the date can be written in two forms: cardinal number and ordinal number.
For example: March 1 can also be written as March1ST; May 29th can also be written as May 29th. However, dates can only be pronounced as ordinal numbers. For example,1October 3rd1(1October 3rd1st) is pronounced as1October (the) 3rd-1st August 26th (August 26th) and August 26th (the).
Note: It is not usually read.