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

Abbreviation Sun. Mon. Tue. or Tues.

Month

Month January February March April May June July

Abbreviation Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul.
Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Day of the Month

Month Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. M

Number of Days 31 28 or 29 31 30 3