American style uses month-day-year format (May 12, 2022). British style uses day-month-year format (12 May 2022). Day and year are written in numerals, month spelled out
Dates follow day-month-year order. "The" and "of" are optional but must be used together. Month names can be added before date with comma or "the". Numeric formats use forward slash, hyphen, or period
German week starts with Monday (Montag) instead of Sunday. Most days end in -tag (der Tag) and are masculine. Saturday has two forms: Samstag in most regions, Sonnabend in eastern Germany. Days are shown with two-letter abbreviations (Mo, Di, Mi)
Months are units of time measuring Moon's revolution around Earth. There are approximately 12 months in a year. Most months contain 30-31 days
German dates follow day-month-year order. Single-digit dates use "0" placeholder. Periods follow day and month numbers. No space needed after period
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