List of date formats by country
List of date formats by country
The Unicode CLDR (Common Locale Data Repository) Project is the world's largest repository documenting a wide variety of time and date representations for different countries and language groups.
List of date formats by country
The legal and cultural expectations for date and time representation vary between countries, and it is important to be aware of the forms of all-numeric calendar dates used in a particular country to know what date is intended.
List of date formats by country
Writers have traditionally written abbreviated dates according to their local custom, creating all-numeric equivalents to day–month formats such as "30 March 2026" (30/03/26, 30/03/2026, 30-03-2026 or 30.03.2026) and month–day formats such as "March 30, 2026" (03/30/26 or 03/30/2026). This can result in dates that are impossible to understand correctly without knowing the context. For instance, depending on the order style, the abbreviated date "01/11/06" can be interpreted as "1 November 2006" for DMY, "January 11, 2006" for MDY, or "2001 November 6" for YMD.
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