Macmillan Holdings, LLC. Grammar Girl, Grammar Girl's, QDnow, and Quick and Dirty Tips are all trademarks of Macmillan Holdings, LLC. A discussion about how to write dates, just in time for New Year's Day. C. J. Modolo grammar "Oh" is a letter, not a number/digit; therefore, I disagree that it is acceptable to use is while writing or speaking about a number. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/writing-dates.aspx?commentid=21017#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/writing-dates.aspx?commentid=21017#Comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:58:35 GMT Scott grammar Hello, is it ok to write 01, 02, 03 etc. on the first 9 days of a month? http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/writing-dates.aspx?commentid=20768#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/writing-dates.aspx?commentid=20768#Comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:38:00 GMT rika grammar Thanks! It helps me a lot ;) http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/writing-dates.aspx?commentid=20126#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/writing-dates.aspx?commentid=20126#Comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:55:39 GMT Becc grammar Dear GG, Could you please confirm whether a comma should follow a date at the beginning of a sentence? e.g. Should there be a comma in the following sentence? "On 12 January 2009, I celebrated my first wedding anniversary." Thanks for your advice! http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/writing-dates.aspx?commentid=19434#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/writing-dates.aspx?commentid=19434#Comments Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:35:31 GMT Christina grammar Thanks for the great tips but I still have a question. What if you are saying a date withough the year. For example, Independence day is on July 4th. Should I write 4 or July 4th. Is it okay to write the whole thing our July fourth? http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/writing-dates.aspx?commentid=17053#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/writing-dates.aspx?commentid=17053#Comments Tue, 19 May 2009 07:27:17 GMT Lulu grammar What about a period of days, let's say an event that will take place in June 2009, from the 3rd to the 8th? is it written correctly? http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/writing-dates.aspx?commentid=16948#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/writing-dates.aspx?commentid=16948#Comments Wed, 13 May 2009 08:45:43 GMT Erica in Texas grammar I was taught that the word 'and' had a very specific usage were numbers were concerned, granted this was in relation to quantities and not dates, but I have used it to apply to ALL numbers. AND means a decimal point. ((What are dates if not quantities of days, years, centuries and so on?)) "Eleven hundred twenty seven" means 1,127. "Eleven hundred and twenty seven" means 1,100.27. Being dyslexic, I shy away from using 'eleven hundred' preferring to say 'one thousand, one hundred' since it is easier to handle in terms of auditory/mental to visual conversion. Something non-dyslexics might keep in mind... but that is beside the point and one of my pet peeves. It seems logical to restrict the use of 'and' in numbers to meaning a decimal point as if dates were any other number. "Two thousand AND eight (years)" means 2000.8 years. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/writing-dates.aspx?commentid=15674#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/writing-dates.aspx?commentid=15674#Comments Sun, 08 Feb 2009 06:15:05 GMT Kelli grammar Please help me with the following sentence: We will taste a range of great 2005's and 2006's from our french wine distributor. Apsotrophe "s" or no? Thank you! http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/writing-dates.aspx?commentid=15581#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/writing-dates.aspx?commentid=15581#Comments Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:12:40 GMT Gia grammar I think that "twenty-oh-eight" sounds weird to me. The cadence is off somehow. I'm fine with going to the "twenty-something" format in 2010 and beyond, but before that, it just wouldn't seem right. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/writing-dates.aspx?commentid=14376#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/writing-dates.aspx?commentid=14376#Comments Fri, 17 Oct 2008 03:18:32 GMT Donna grammar I have not been able to find this example in my grammer/punctuation searches. WHen writing: Tuesday, June 24, 2008.... is there supposed to be a comma after Tuesday? Thanks http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/writing-dates.aspx?commentid=12999#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/writing-dates.aspx?commentid=12999#Comments Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:24:20 GMT Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:58:35 GMT http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/writing-dates.aspx feedback@quickanddirtytips.com (Managing Editor) feedback@quickanddirtytips.com (Webmaster) en-us