A date written in words

[Rachel Adams]

Is it unusual to write the date in words?

For example: "On the first day of September, children go to schools and students go to universities."

In my example, I didn't use "the" before "university". Don't BrE omit "the" before "university"? For example: "I go to university."

 

[emsr2d2]

Is it unusual to write the date in words?

For example: "On the first day of September,

"... the first day of September" isn't exactly a date. If you had written "On the first of September", it would be a date and it would be completely acceptable to write "first" instead of "1st".

Please try to stick to one question per thread. In post #1 and in the title, you asked about how to write a date, and then snuck in a question about using the definite article before "university".

 

[Tdol]

I see no need for day here.

 

[PeterCW]

I see no need for day here.

I see nothing wrong with it although it does sound a little old fashioned.

In practice I would say "the first working day" which means that they don't start at the weekend or "the first Monday" if they don't start in the middle of the week.