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[The same content is available in French in the article DATE : ORDRE DES ÉLÉMENTS (RECOMMANDATION LINGUISTIQUE DU BUREAU DE LA TRADUCTION).]
The Translation Bureau recommends that a date containing only numbers be written in the following order:
Note: Use a hyphen to separate the elements of the date.
The Translation Bureau recommends that a date containing words and numbers be written in the following order:
The Translation Bureau recommends that a date containing only numbers be written in the following order, just as in English:
Note: Use a hyphen to separate the elements of the date.
Write the date using the following order:
For a breakdown of the rules for writing the date in French, see the article DATE (RÈGLES D’ÉCRITURE) (in French only).
For more information on writing a date in numbers, see NUMERIC DATE.
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