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mmm – three-letter abbreviation for month, e.g. Mar; mmmm – month spelled out in full, e.g. March; d – one-digit day of the month for days below 10, e.g. 2; dd – two-digit day of the month, e.g. 02; ddd – three-letter abbreviation for day of the week, e.g. Fri; dddd – day of the week spelled out in full, e.g. Friday; Separators of ...
an abbreviated format from the "Acceptable date formats" table, provided the day and month elements are in the same order as in dates in the article body the format expected in the citation style being used (but all-numeric date formats other than yyyy - mm - dd must still be avoided).
The day-month-year order has been increasing in usage since the early 1980s. The month is usually written as an abbreviated name, as in "19 Jul 1942" (sometimes with hyphens). [5] Many genealogical databases and the Modern Language Association citation style use this format.
Old Style (O.S.) and New Style (N.S.) indicate dating systems before and after a calendar change, respectively. Usually, they refer to the change from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar as enacted in various European countries between 1582 and 1923.
Rex, "king" (not an abbreviation) is used when the reigning monarch is a king. r. regnavit, or, more rarely, rexit "he/she reigned", "he/she ruled" Often abbreviated as "r." followed by the dates during which the king or queen reigned/ruled, as opposed to the monarch's dates of birth and death. Often used parenthetically after the monarch's ...
Specialty abbreviations should not be confused with abbreviated months in limited cases: "nov." (nova) in biology e.g. Strobilops sp. nov. 1 - the "nov. 1" portion should not be refactored into a November date "dec." is sometimes used in cricket articles as short form for declaration and forfeiture - such cases should not be refactored to December
Dutch TV listings magazines invariably use 24-hour notation. In written language, time is expressed in the 24-hour notation, with or without leading zero, using a full stop or colon as a separator, sometimes followed by the word uur (hour) or its abbreviation u. – for example, 22.51 uur, 9.12 u., or 09:12.
Date and time notation in the United Kingdom records the date using the day–month–year format (31 December 1999, 31/12/99 or 31/12/1999). The time can be written using either the 24-hour clock (23:59) or the 12-hour clock (11:59 p.m.), either with a colon or a full stop (11.59 p.m.).