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In Spain, date notation follows the DD/MM/YYYY format. Time notation depends on the level of formality and varies in written and spoken formats. Official time is given using the 24-hour clock , and the 12-hour clock is often used in informal speech.
National standard format is yyyy-mm-dd. [161] dd.mm.yyyy format is used in some places where it is required by EU regulations, for example for best-before dates on food [162] and on driver's licenses. d/m format is used casually, when the year is obvious from the context, and for date ranges, e.g. 28-31/8 for 28–31 August.
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).
Note that using the date formatting feature in section headers complicates section linking, see date formatting. In article titles dates will not be converted. It is generally preferable to use the format used by local English speakers at the location of the event. For events outside North America that is usually 11 February 2004 (no comma).
The little-endian format (day, month, year; 1 June 2022) is the most popular format worldwide, followed by the big-endian format (year, month, day; 2006 June 1). Dates may be written partly in Roman numerals (i.e. the month) [citation needed] or written out partly or completely in words in the local language.
DigitalOcean documentation style guide, published online by DigitalOcean. [15] GNOME documentation style guide, published online by GNOME. [16] Google Developer Documentation Style Guide, published online by Google. [17] Provides a set of editorial guidelines for anyone writing developer documentation for Google-related projects.
Think carefully before changing established date formats of existing articles, especially multiple articles in a particular subject area. Consider whether the proposed change would improve Wikipedia (beyond conforming the articles to your personal preference) and whether editors who have contributed to the article(s) may have reached a consensus to use a particular format.
In all articles, either the international date format (“2 February 2008”) or the U.S.-style date format (“February 2, 2008”) may be used, so long as all dates in the article conform to the same format. Articles containing dates in different formats should be copyedited so that all dates have a consistent format, that format being at the ...