date format hello query different date express different language whether constraint apply relation register eg formal informal etc genre magazine newspaper personal v business letter etc historical instrumental format calendar nationality etc initial impression follow far english speak world britain variety date express write include day month dayordinal month month day month dayordinal interestingly variety numerical form day month expect note separator vary most common slash dash period blank space format word month slot spell day express number variation include precede ordinal day number sometime one different format different part same publication eg header report newspaper seem contrast usa where month day seem predominate whatever situation even express numerically normally read american seventh day month january wherea british mean first day month july month difference apparently american one adopt month day someone once tell old format result fact today s date one calendar first current month grant idea s norm language dialect etc thank advance tony tony berber sardinha tony liverpool ac uk aelsu fax university liverpool po box http www liv ac uk liverpool l bx tony homepage html uk 