Punctuation of date

[Allen165]

"On Tuesday 22 March 2011 we had a meeting."

There should be no comma after "Tuesday," right?

Thanks!

 

[bhaisahab]

"On Tuesday 22 March 2011 we had a meeting."

There should be no comma after "Tuesday," right?

Thanks!

I wouldn't put one, but I would write it "On Tuesday the 22nd of March 2011..."

 

[Allen165]

I wouldn't put one, but I would write it "On Tuesday the 22nd of March 2011..."

I thought you would say it that way but write it as I wrote it.

 

[riquecohen]

"On Tuesday 22 March 2011 we had a meeting."

There should be no comma after "Tuesday," right?

Thanks!

I would use the comma. In the U.S. we would write it somewhat differently: Tuesday, March 22, 2011..

 

[Allen165]

I would use the comma. In the U.S. we would write it somewhat differently: Tuesday, March 22, 2011..

Yes, I realize that in Amercian English you would use several commas, but that's not the case in British English.

March 23, 2011, = American English

23 March 2011 = British English

But I'm not sure what happens when you add a day.

 

[Rover_KE]

I thought you would say it that way but write it as I wrote it.

I disagree with bhai, Jasmin, and would say and write it as you did.

Rover

 

[5jj]

There are no hard and fast rules in BrE.

As the date of a letter, the traditional way was '22nd March, 2011'; this is now usually written '22 March 2011'.

In your sentence I would write 'On Tuesday 22 March 2011 we had a meeting'. There is no question for me of a comma after 'Tuesday', because I would then have to put a comma after 'March' and after '2011' - a little excessive. Unlike bhai, I never write 'the' and 'of' in dates, though I normally say them.

 

[bhaisahab]

There are no hard and fast rules in BrE.

As the date of a letter, the traditional way was '22nd March, 2011'; this is now usually written '22 March 2011'.

In your sentence I would write 'On Tuesday 22 March 2011 we had a meeting'. There is no question for me of a comma after 'Tuesday', because I would then have to put a comma after 'March' and after '2011' - a little excessive. Unlike bhai, I never write 'the' and 'of' in dates, though I normally say them.

If I am writing the date in full, I write it as I have indicated, with "the" and "of. Otherwise I would write, informally, "On Sunday 22,03,2011...",

 

[5jj]

If I am writing the date in full, I write it as I have indicated, with "the" and "of. Otherwise I would write, informally, "On Sunday 22,03,2011...",

Interesting. I would never write it with 'the' and 'of', and I would never, even in my most informal correspondence, write '22,03,2011 / 22:03:2011 or 2203/2011'

Note to other readers: I am not saying that bhaisahab is wrong; I am simply saying what I do and do not do. As I wrote in an earlier post, "There are no hard and fast rules in BrE".

 

[Rover_KE]

Above all, Jasmin, be consistent.

Rover

 

[birdeen's call]

I'm wondering if anybody uses Roman numerals for months in English. We sometimes do it in Polish. Have you come across this way?

 

[5jj]

I'm wondering if anybody uses Roman numerals for months in English. We sometimes do it in Polish. Have you come across this way?

Not for a long time.