Correct form of months when writing date?

eberhartThreads: 10 Posts: 66 Joined: Mar 31, 11 ♂	Edited by: eberhart Mar 31, 11, 03:25 #1
If I want to write a date for the months May, June and August and November is it just say in the case of November: Listopad 10, 2011 or is it Listopada 10, 2011? Same for the others please if someone doesn't mind.

chichimeraThreads: 3 Posts: 356 Joined: Feb 4, 11 ♀	Mar 31, 11, 03:38 #2
eberhart: Listopad 10, 2011 or is it Listopada 10, 2011? Listopad 10, 2011 would look weird, but Listopada 10, 2011 would be even weirder ;) It should be: 10 Listopada 2011 10 Sierpnia 2011 10 Czerwca 2011 10 Maja 2011 Some people write it 10 Listopad/Sierpień/Czerwiec/Maj 2011 but that's not the most proper way as far as I know

eberhartThreads: 10 Posts: 66 Joined: Mar 31, 11 ♂	Mar 31, 11, 03:41 #3
Thanks for the fast reply ;) Other than putting the month before the day (how it is done in America) what is wrong with Listopad/Listopada 10,2011? Is its incorrect grammar that way or just not the typical Polish format?

chichimeraThreads: 3 Posts: 356 Joined: Feb 4, 11 ♀	Mar 31, 11, 04:00 #4
eberhart: what is wrong with Listopad/Listopada 10,2011 Nothing :) Just nobody writes it that way. It looks unusual to us and is often confusing, especially when it's written with numbers only: 11.10.2011 - this means to us 11th of October and never 10th of November

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Mar 31, 11, 04:07 #5

Sure I understand the format and the Polish way is more logical going from smallest to largest unit. I just wondered when you were writing out the words for the months ie "Listopad" as part of the date rather than using "11" if you need to change the form as well and you fixed that for me in your first post.

So 10 Listopada 2011 is the format I will use. It would be the same without the year (say you just wanted to write "10 Listopada") correct? And there are not any dots or commas in there usually?

Geez such a small thing can be so stupidly complicated with language differences.

BzibziohThreads: 6 Posts: 3,657 Joined: Oct 15, 08 ♀ [Suspended]	Mar 31, 11, 04:22 #6
eberhart: Sure I understand the format and the Polish way is more logical going from smallest to largest unit. In Polish is always: day, month, year. Yes, it's more logical and easier than The British/American way.

eberhartThreads: 10 Posts: 66 Joined: Mar 31, 11 ♂	Mar 31, 11, 04:28 #7
Again no dots, dashes or commas? 10-Listopada-2011 or 10.Listopada.2011 etc? Is 10 Listopada 2011 the normal way no matter if in type or handwriting?

BzibziohThreads: 6 Posts: 3,657 Joined: Oct 15, 08 ♀ [Suspended]	Mar 31, 11, 04:31 #8
eberhart: Is 10 Listopada 2011 the normal way no matter if in type or handwriting? Yes. That's the right way. I'm not completely sure it's a capital letter in Listopad though.

chichimeraThreads: 3 Posts: 356 Joined: Feb 4, 11 ♀	Edited by: chichimera Mar 31, 11, 04:33 #9
eberhart: Again no dots, dashes or commas? When you write the name of the month you don't use dots or anything, just 10 Listopada 2011. With numbers you can use whatever you like 10.11.2011, 10-11-2011, 10/11/2011 All perfect I'm not sure about the capital letter either... Actually I think it should be: 10 listopada..

BzibziohThreads: 6 Posts: 3,657 Joined: Oct 15, 08 ♀ [Suspended]	Mar 31, 11, 04:38 #10
chichimera: Actually I think it should be: 10 listopada.. I just checked: it should be small letter.

eberhartThreads: 10 Posts: 66 Joined: Mar 31, 11 ♂	Edited by: eberhart Mar 31, 11, 04:38 #11
I was too slow...thanks for confirming. Phew that was a lot for some dates. I am screwed if I try anything more complicated.

BzibziohThreads: 6 Posts: 3,657 Joined: Oct 15, 08 ♀ [Suspended]	Mar 31, 11, 04:41 #12
eberhart: I am screwed if I try anything more complicated. Oh, don't get discouraged, we are here to help :)

mafketisThreads: 17 Posts: 1,880 Joined: Mar 31, 08 ♂	Mar 31, 11, 09:25 #13
It's also fairly common in Poland to use Roman numerals for the month (but not day or year) and periods IME are far more common than dashes or slashes. 10.XI.2011 It's also possible to start with the year and end with the day 2011.XI.10

eberhartThreads: 10 Posts: 66 Joined: Mar 31, 11 ♂	Mar 31, 11, 19:10 #14
Sorry to drag this on but....do Poles ever abbreviate months to 3 letter form like calling November "NOV or nov" etc? Ie Listopad/a would become LIS like 10 LIS 2011 or since capitalizing seems out 10 lis 2011?

Zman	Mar 31, 11, 19:13 #15
Abbreviations like that sometimes you come across in computer generated bills, statements - albeit rarely nowadays. When written by people no abbreviations are used in addresses. Z

eberhartThreads: 10 Posts: 66 Joined: Mar 31, 11 ♂	Edited by: eberhart Mar 31, 11, 20:28 #16
OK it has come to my attention that the declination changes depending on the day's date. So for the 20th of november is it still "20 listopada 2011"? Also is 25th of May still "25 maja"? Lastly 7th of June....still 7 czerwca?

eberhartThreads: 10 Posts: 66 Joined: Mar 31, 11 ♂	Mar 31, 11, 20:54 #17
Nevermind....I was mistaken. Thanks again.

Zman	Mar 31, 11, 21:09 #18
Yes. it is consistent in this case. How weird for our polish lingo? :-)

noreenbThreads: 4 Posts: 1,082 Joined: Apr 22, 09 ♀	Mar 31, 11, 21:10 #19
There are two options for writing dates. for example: 1). 20.11.2011 2). 20.XI.2011 You can say: Dziś jest (Today is) 20- dwudziesty (twentieth) dzień (day) listopada (of November) 2011. :)

Zman	Mar 31, 11, 21:16 #20
Noreen is right. However I haven't seen roman numerals since school (kinda long time ago). Even though they look cute :-). BUT.... then again roman numerals continue to be understood.

OlafThreads: 8 Posts: 1,369 Joined: Oct 29, 09 ♂	Mar 31, 11, 23:13 #21
Zman: roman numerals It would be cool to write whole dates in Roman numerals, like today is XXXI/III/MMXI.

manananan	Apr 4, 11, 23:14 #22
The british way is day month year also..americans do it the other way :)

JonnyMThreads: 16 Posts: 4,487 Joined: Mar 9, 11 ♂	Apr 4, 11, 23:16 #23
manananan: The british way is day month year also..americans do it the other way :) Which is fine from the 13th of the month onwards, but not great before!

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