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Formats for Writing a Date

Short Format: Month date, year
Sometimes, a date is written like this: June 28, 2015 (note that there is a comma after the day, but not after the month).

Long Format: Day, Month date, year
Sometimes, a date is written in long form, like this: Sunday, June 28, 2015 (note that there are commas after the day of the week and the day of the month, but there is no comma after the month).

Numerical Format: month/date/year
Sometimes, a date is written in numerical form, like this: 6/28/15 or 6/28/2015 (month/date/year). Note that the month is replaced by a number (see the chart below) and sometimes only the last two digits of the year appear. Note that in some countries, the month and day are reversed in all of these formats.

Abbreviations Used When Writing a Date

Day of the Week

Day of the Week	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Abbreviation	Sun.	Mon.	Tue. or Tues.	Wed.	Thur. or Thurs.	Fri.	Sat.

Month

Month

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Abbreviation

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

Jun.

Jul.

Aug.

Sep.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Number

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

Day of the Month

Month	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.
Number of Days	31	28 or 29	31	30	31	30	31	31	30	31	30	31

Printable Activities
These printable activities have the student do an in-depth examination of the date. The student learns how to write the date in many ways, and learns how to abbreviate the days of the week, the months, and the year.

Today's Date: A Calendar Worksheet This worksheet explains how to write the date in three different ways ways. Or go to a pdf of the worksheet (subscribers only).

Writing the Date: A Calendar Worksheet This 2-page worksheet explains how to write the date. The student learns how to abbreviate the days of the week, the months, and the year. Or go to a pdf of the worksheet (subscribers only).

Correct the Date: A Calendar Worksheet Correct the punctuation and capitalization of dates. For example, "monday january 16 1956" should be written "Monday, January 16, 1956". Or go to a pdf of the worksheet (subscribers only).

Convert the Date: A Calendar Worksheet Convert the dates from words to numerical format and from numbers to words. For example, February 23, 2013 is equivalent to 2/23/2013. Or go to a pdf of the worksheet (subscribers only).