What date is it today?

Question

I mean, how do you express the date? I'm not a native speaker of English, and I've learnt that Americans would write: "July 5th., 2006" and they'd read: "July the fifth, two thousand six", while in England, they'd write: "5th. July, 2006" and say: "the fifth of July, two thousand and six". But if they added the weekday, both would write "Wednesday 5th. July" and read "Wednesday the fifth of July, two thousand (and) six".

So, is that true? Do you ACTUALLY say it that way? And what do people do in other English speaking countries?

It's not the fourth where I am. Here in Argentina, Wednesday started two hours ago.

Answer 1

I would write July 5, 2006, and I say "July fifth, two thousand six." I don't say "July the fifth". If I say the day, I don't usually say the year: "Wednesday, July fifth".

Americans also often write the date like this: 07/05/06 (month, day, year). This is slightly different from many other places in the world which usually put day, month, year. Americans are aware of this, and some Americans choose to write day, month, year, especially those who have been exposed to the abbreviation system in other countries. If you write 31/07/06 it's pretty clear that you wrote day, month, year, because there's no month 31, but if it's 05/07/06 it could be ambiguous. On official forms, the blanks usually have labels that tell you what they want you to write. Month, day, year is still the more common format.

Sometimes I write the date 5 July 2006. This is not a common American way to write the date, but it resolves ambiguity, because when I write the name of the month you know that the number is the number of the day, not the number of the month. I picked up this practice from my church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which uses this format in its records.

Answer 2

In America, most people write the date with the month (capitalized) followed by the day of the month and the year. So today would be: July 5, 2006. This is then said "July fifth", without the need to announce the year if the date is in the same calendar year. If the date is in future or past years, the year should be said "two thousand six" or simply "oh six" (2006) or "ninety six" (1996).
As far as I'm concerned, you should only add a 'st', 'nd', 'rd' or 'th' if the day is the 4th of July, which is named after its own date.

Answer 3

For holidays, such as the Fourth of July, the date is expressed differently to emphasize the importance of the day. In general, Americans say: "July fourth" with the month in the beginning followed by the day. If the date is written, however, it is expressed differently, sometimes including slashes: 7/4/06. The first number represents the month, the second the day, and the final number the year. It can aslo be written as July 4, 2006. A comma is always used separating the day from the year. In general conversation, though, the year is presumably understood and is rarely used as an accompaniment with the date.

Answer 4

In the Philippines, we say July, Five, Twenty-Oh-Six (July 5, 2006). As saying the year "2006", we say "Twenty-Oh-Six" instead of saying "Two Thousand and Six" as a shorter term to say aloud the year just like saying "1987" as "Nineteen-Eighty-Seven". The way we write the date is July 5, 2006 or 7/5/06 just like the US but we say the date a bit differently from the Americans when we come up saying the year "2006". I hope you don't find us weird but that's the way we say it if we're in a hurry. We, Filipinos, prefer short words not long words when we are in conversation. I hope you don't find us confusing.

Answer 5

I'm from the US, and I say, "It's Wednesday, July fifth, two thousand six" (or two thousand and six). Written, it would be "Wednesday, July 5th, 2006".

In the US, we write the date month/day/year
In the UK, the date is generally written day/month/year

so, Wednesday, July 5th in the US would be 07/05/2006 (or 7/5/06), said July fifth, two thousand six (or simply shortened to July fifth, oh six)

In the Uk it would be 05/07/2006 (or 5/7/06) (said fith July two thousand six, or shortened as above)

Answer 6

I write it 7/ 6/ 06 and read it July 6th 2006. i also would say on Wednesday the 6th of July or Wednesday July 6th 2006. either way is correct.

Answer 7

For me...

If the date is written "July 5th, 2006", I'd say "July fifth, two thousand and six"

If the date is written "Wednesday, July 5th, 2006," I'd say "Wednesday, July fifth, two thousand and six."

I guess it just depends on personal preference.

Answer 8

Dzisiaj jest środa piąty lipca dwa tysiące szóstego roku.

It's in Polish and the literal translation would be this:

Today is Wednesday the fifth of July two thousand sixth of year

Answer 9

Dnes je streda, pateho cervence dva tisice sest.
That's in Czech.

It means:
Today is wednesday, fifth of july, two thousand six.

P.S. I don't think that you have to say it a certain way, it's a matter of the person's preference. (as someone already said)

Answer 10

U say fifth of July, if u dont want to say the year.
Or u say July fifth, 2000 n 6