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Years

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Cardinal

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Example : year 1928

Language Code CE BCE
Afrikaans af 1234 1234 v.C.
Breton br 1234 1234 kt JK
Chinese zh 1234年 前1234年
Czech cs 1234 1234 př. n. l.
Danish da 1234 1234 f.Kr.
Dutch nl 1234 1234 v. Chr.
English en 1234 1234 BC
Esperanto eo 1234 -1234
Finnish fi 1234 1234 eaa.
French fr 1234 1234 av. J.-C.
German de 1234 1234 v. Chr.
Greek el 1234 1234 π.Χ.
Indonesian id 1234 1234 SM
Italian it 1234 1234 ac
Japanese ja 1234年 紀元前1234年
Kotava avk 1234 -1233
Latvian lv 1234 1234 p. m. ē.
Low German nds 1234 1234 v. Chr.
Norwegian no 1234 1234 f.Kr.
Polish pl 1234 1234 p.n.e.
Portuguese pt 1234 1234 a.C.
Russian ru 1234 1234 до н.э.
Sinhala si ක්‍රි. ව. 1234 ක්‍රි. පූ. 1234
Spanish es 1234 1234 a.C.
Swedish sv 1234 1234 f.Kr.
Vietnamese vi 1234 1234 TCN
Welsh cy 1234 1234 CC
ISO 8601 1234 -1233

Ordinal

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Example : 1929th year

Language Code CE BCE
ISO 8601 1234 -1233

Decade

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Cardinal

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Example : 1960s decade

Language Code CE BCE
Afrikaans af 1960s or 1960-70 1960s v.C.
Breton br Bloavezhioù 60 Bloavezhioù 60 kt JK
Chinese zh 1960年代 前1960年代
Czech cs 1960-70 "60. léta" 1960-70 př. n. l.
Danish da 1960'erne 1960'erne f.Kr.
Dutch nl 1960-70 "jaren 60"
English en 1960s 1960s BC
Esperanto eo 1960-oj
Finnish fi 1960-luvulla 1960-luvulla eaa.
French fr Années 1960 Années 1960 av. J.-C.
German de 1960er 1960 v. Chr.
Greek el Δεκαετία 1960 Δεκαετία 1960 π.Χ.
Indonesian id 1960-an
Italian it Anni 1960
Japanese ja 1960年代 紀元前1960年代
Kotava avk 197-eafa sanda 197-eafa sanda abdi Yesus Kristos
Low German nds 1960ers
Norwegian no 1960-tallet
Polish pl Lata 1900-1909 "Lata_20-te_XX_wieku" ... "Lata_90-te_XX_wieku"
Portuguese pt Anos 1960 Anos 1960 a.C.
Russian ru 1960-е 1960-е до н.э.
Sinhala si 1960 දශකය ක්‍රි. පූ. 1960 දශකය
Spanish es años 1960
Swedish sv 1960-talet 1960-talet f.Kr.
Vietnamese vi thời kỳ 1960 thời kỳ 1960 TCN
Welsh cy 1960au
ISO 8601 1960/1969 -1968/-1959

Ordinal

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Example : 197th decade

Language Code CE BCE
ISO 8601 1961/1970 -1969/-1960

Century

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Cardinal

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Example: 1400s century

Language Code CE BCE
Swedish sv 1400-talet 1400-talet f.Kr.
ISO 8601 1400/1499 -1498/-1399
Note that in Swedish, there is no way to distinguish the century from its first decade. 1400-talet could refer to both. It is possible in Swedish to write "15:e århundradet", similar to Danish or English, but that is not very common.

Ordinal

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Example: 15th century

Language Code CE BCE
Afrikaans af 15de eeu 15de eeu v.C.
Breton br XVvet kantved XVvet kantved kt JK
Chinese zh 15世纪 前15世纪
Czech cs 15. století 15. století př. n. l.
Danish da 15. århundrede 15. århundrede f.Kr.
Dutch nl 15e eeuw 15e eeuw v. Chr.
English en 15th century 15th century BC
Esperanto eo 15-a jarcento
Finnish fi 15. vuosisadalla 15. vuosisadalla eaa.
French fr XVe siècle XVe siècle av. J.-C.
German de 15. Jahrhundert 15. Jahrhundert v. Chr.
Greek el 15ος αιώνας 15ος αιώνας π.Χ.
Indonesian id abad ke-15 abad ke-15 SM
Italian it XV secolo
Japanese ja 15世紀 紀元前15世紀
Kotava avk 15-eafa decemda 15-eafa decemda abdi Yesus Kristos
Low German nds 15. Johrhunnert
Norwegian no 15. århundre
Polish pl XV wiek
Portuguese pt Século XV Século XV AC
Russian ru XV век XV век до н.э.
Sinhala si 15 වන සියවස ක්‍රි. පූ. 15 වන සියවස
Spanish es Siglo XV
Vietnamese vi thế kỷ 15 thế kỷ 15 TCN
Welsh cy 15fed ganrif 15fed ganrif CC
ISO 8601 1401/1500 -1499/-1400

Millennium

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Cardinal

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Example: 1000s millennium

Language Code CE BCE
Swedish sv 1000-talet 1000-talet f.Kr.
ISO 8601 1000/1999 -1998/-999
Note that in Swedish, there is no way to distinguish the millennium from its first century. 1000-talet could refer to both. It is possible in Swedish to write "2:a millenniet", similar to Danish or English.

Ordinal

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Example: 2nd millennium

Language Code CE BCE
Afrikaans af 2de millennium 2de millennium v.C.
Breton br IIl milved IIl milved kt JK
Chinese zh 2千年 前2千年
Czech cs 2. tisíciletí 2. tisíciletí př. n. l.
Danish da 2. årtusinde 2. årtusinde f.Kr.
Dutch nl 2e millennium 2e millennium v. Chr. (1)
English en 2nd millennium 2nd millennium BC
Esperanto eo 2-a jarmilo
French fr IIe millénaire IIe millénaire av. J.-C.
German de 2. Jahrtausend 2. Jahrtausend v. Chr.
Greek el 2η χιλιετία 2η χιλιετία π.Χ.
Indonesian id milenium ke-2
Italian it II millennio
Japanese ja 2千年期 紀元前2千年期
Kotava avk 2-eafa decitda 2-eafa decitda abdi Yesus Kristos
Low German nds 2. Johrdüüsend
Norwegian no 2. årtusen
Polish pl II tysiąclecie n.e. II tysiąclecie p.n.e.
Portuguese pt 2o. milênio 2o. milênio a.C.
Russian ru 2-е тысячелетие 2-е тысячелетие до н.э.
Sinhala si 2 වන සහස්‍රය ක්‍රි. පූ. 2 වන සහස්‍රය
Spanish es II milenio
Swedish sv 2:a millenniet 2:a millenniet f.Kr.
Welsh cy 2il fileniwm 2il fileniwm CC
ISO 8601 1001/2000 -1999/-1000

Months/days

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January 1

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Language  Code   Name
Afrikaans    af   1 Januarie
Breton       br   1añ a viz Genver
Chinese      zh   1月1日
Czech        cs   1. ledna
Danish       da   1. januar
Dutch        nl   1 januari
English      en   1st January
English (US) en   January 1
Esperanto    eo   1-a de januaro
Finnish      fi   1. tammikuuta
French       fr   1er janvier
German       de   1. Januar
Greek        el   1η Ιανουαρίου
Hausa        ha   1 ga Janairu
Indonesian   id   1 Januari
Italian      it   1º gennaio
Japanese     ja   1月1日
Kotava       avk  1-e ke taneaksat
Low German   nds  1. Januar
Norwegian    no   1. januar
Polish       pl   1 stycznia
Portuguese   pt   1 de Janeiro
Russian      ru   1 января
Sinhala      si   ජනවාරි 1
Spanish      es   1 de enero
Swedish      sv   1 januari
Ukrainian    ua   1 січня
Vietnamese   vi   1 tháng 1
Welsh        cy   1af Ionawr
code language name language name (local) date
af Afrikaans Afrikaans 1 Januarie 2009
am Amharic አማርኛ 1 ጃንዩዌሪ 2009
ar Arabic العربية 1 يناير 2009
as Assamese অসমীয়া ১ জানুৱাৰী ২০০৯
ast Asturian asturianu 1 xineru 2009
bg Bulgarian български 1 януари 2009
bn Bangla বাংলা ১ জানুয়ারি ২০০৯
bo Tibetan བོད་ཡིག 1 ཟླ་བ་དང་པོ། 2009
br Breton brezhoneg 1 Genver 2009
bs Bosnian bosanski 1. januar 2009.
ca Catalan català‬ 1 gener 2009
co Corsican corsu‬ 1 ghjennaghju 2009
cy Welsh Cymraeg 1 Ionawr 2009
da Danish dansk 1. januar 2009
de German Deutsch 1. Januar 2009
dv Divehi ދިވެހިބަސް 1 ޖަނަވަރީ 2009
el Greek Ελληνικά 1 Ιανουαρίου 2009
en English English January 1, 2009
eo Esperanto Esperanto la 1-a de januaro 2009
es Spanish español 1 de enero de 2009
ext Extremaduran estremeñu 1 eneru 2009
et Estonian eesti 1. jaanuar 2009
eu Basque euskara 1 urtarrila 2009
fa Persian فارسی ۱ ژانویه ۲۰۰۹
fi Finnish suomi 1. tammikuuta 2009
fr French français 1er janvier 2009
fy Western Frisian Frysk 1 jannewaris 2009
ga Irish Gaeilge 1ú Eanáir 2009
gl Galician galego 1 xaneiro 2009
gsw Alemannic Alemannisch 1 Jänner 2009
gu Gujarati ગુજરાતી 1 જાન્યુઆરી 2009
ha Hausa Hausa 1 Janairu 2009
he Hebrew עברית 1 ינואר 2009
hi Hindi हिन्दी १ जनवरी २००९
hr Croatian hrvatski 1. siječanj 2009.
ht Haitian Creole Kreyòl ayisyen 1 janvye 2009
hu Hungarian magyar 2009. január 1.
hy Armenian հայերեն 1 Հունվար 2009
ia Interlingua interlingua 1 januario 2009
id Indonesian Bahasa Indonesia‬ 1 Januari 2009
it Italian italiano 1º gennaio 2009
ja Japanese 日本語‬ 2009年1月1日
ka Georgian ქართული‬ 1 იანვარი 2009
kl Kalaallisut kalaallisut‬ 1 Jannuaari 2009
km Khmer ភាសាខ្មែរ‬ 1 ខែមករា 2009
kn Kannada ಕನ್ನಡ‬ ಜನವರಿ ೧, ೨೦೦೯
ko Korean 한국어‬ 2009년 1월 1일
la Latin Latina 1 Ianuarius 2009
lb Luxembourgish Lëtzebuergesch 1 Januar 2009
lo Lao ລາວ‬ 1 ມັງກອນ 2009
li Limburgish Limburgs 1 jannewarie 2009
lt Lithuanian lietuvių 2009 m. sausio 1 d.
lv Latvian latviešu 2009. gada 1. janvāris
mk Macedonian македонски 1 јануари 2009
ml Malayalam മലയാളം 1 ജനുവരി 2009
mr Marathi मराठी‬ जानेवारी १, इ.स. २००९
ms Malay Bahasa Melayu‬ 1 Januari 2009
mt Maltese Malti‬ 1 Jannar 2009
my Burmese မြန်မာဘာသာ‬ 1 ဇန်နဝါရီ 2009
nds Low German Plattdüütsch 1. Januar 2009
nds-nl Low Saxon Nedersaksies 1. januari 2009
nl Dutch Nederlands 1 januari 2009
nn Norwegian Nynorsk norsk nynorsk‬ 1. januar 2009
no Norwegian norsk‬ 1. januar 2009
oc Occitan occitan‬ 1 genièr 2009
or Odia ଓଡ଼ିଆ‬ ୧ ଜାନୁଆରୀ ୨୦୦୯
pa Punjabi ਪੰਜਾਬੀ‬ 1 ਜਨਵਰੀ 2009
pl Polish polski‬ 1 stycznia 2009
ps Pashto پښتو ۱ جنوري ۲۰۰۹
pt Portuguese português‬ 1 de janeiro de 2009
ro Romanian română‬ 1 ianuarie 2009
ru Russian русский‬ 1 января 2009
rw Kinyarwanda Ikinyarwanda‬ 1 Mutarama 2009
sa Sanskrit संस्कृतम्‬ 1 जनवरी 2009
sc Sardinian sardu 1º Ghennàrgiu 2009
sd Sindhi سنڌي 1 جنوری 2009
si Sinhala සිංහල‬ 1 ජනවාරි 2009
si Slovak slovenčina‬ 1. januára 2009
sl Slovenian slovenščina‬ 1 januar 2009
sq Albanian shqip‬ 1 janar 2009
sr Serbian српски / srpski‬ 1. јануар 2009.
su Sundanese Sunda‬ 1 Januari 2009
sv Swedish svenska‬ 1 januari 2009
sw Swahili Kiswahili‬ 1 Januari 2009
ta Tamil தமிழ்‬ 1 சனவரி 2009
te Telugu తెలుగు‬ 1 జనవరి 2009
th Thai ไทย‬ 1 มกราคม พ.ศ. 2552
ti Tigrinya ትግርኛ‬ 1 ጥሪ 2009
tk Turkmen Türkmençe‬ 1 ýanwar 2009
tr Turkish Türkçe‬ 1 Ocak 2009
uk Ukrainian українська 1 січня 2009
ur Urdu اردو 1 جنوری 2009
uz Uzbek oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча 1 yanvar 2009
vec Venetian vèneto‬ 1º zenaro 2009
vi Vietnamese Tiếng Việt‬ 1 tháng 1 năm 2009
vo Volapük Volapük‬ 1 yanul 2009
vls West Flemish West-Vlams‬ 1 januoari 2009
wa Walloon walon‬ 1 djanvî 2009
wo Wolof Wolof‬ 1 Samwiyee 2009
wuu Wu 吴语‬ 2009年1月1号
xh Xhosa isiXhosa‬ 1 EyoMqungu 2009
yi Yiddish ייִדיש 1 יאַנואַר 2009
yue Cantonese 粵語 2009年1月1號
za Zhuang Vahcuengh‬ 1 Nin Wtj 2009
zh Chinese 中文‬ 2009年1月1日
zu Zulu isiZulu‬ 1 uMasingana 2009

February 2

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Language  Code   Name
Afrikaans    af   2 Februarie
Breton       br   2 a viz C'hwevrer
Chinese      zh   2月2日
Czech        cs   2. února
Danish       da   2. februar
Dutch        nl   2 februari
English      en   2nd February
English (US) en   February 2
Esperanto    eo   2-a de februaro
Finnish      fi   2. helmikuuta
French       fr   2 février
German       de   2. Februar
Greek        el   2 Φεβρουαρίου
Hausa        ha   2 ga Fabrairu
Indonesian   id   2 Februari
Italian      it   2 febbraio
Japanese     ja   2月2日
Kotava       avk  2-e ke toleaksat
Low German   nds  2. Februar
Norwegian    no   2. februar
Polish       pl   2 lutego
Portuguese   pt   2 de Fevereiro
Russian      ru   2 февраля
Sinhala      si   පෙබරවාරි 2
Spanish      es   2 de febrero
Swedish      sv   2 februari
Ukrainian    ua   2 лютого
Vietnamese   vi   2 tháng 2
Welsh        cy   2il Chwefror

March 3

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Language  Code   Name
Afrikaans    af   3 Maart
Breton       br   3 a viz Meurzh
Chinese      zh   3月3日
Czech        cs   3. března
Danish       da   3. marts
Dutch        nl   3 maart
English      en   3rd March
English (US) en   March 3
Esperanto    eo   3-a de marto
Finnish      fi   3. maaliskuuta
French       fr   3 mars
German       de   3. März
Greek        el   3 Μαρτίου
Indonesian   id   3 Maret
Italian      it   3 marzo
Japanese     ja   3月3日
Kotava       avk  3-e ke bareaksat
Low German   nds  3. Marz
Norwegian    no   3. mars
Polish       pl   3 marca
Portuguese   pt   3 de Março
Russian      ru   3 марта
Sinhala      si   මාර්තු 3
Spanish      es   3 de marzo
Swedish      sv   3 mars
Vietnamese   vi   3 tháng 3
Welsh        cy   3ydd Mawrth

April 4

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Language  Code   Name
Afrikaans    af   4 April
Breton       br   4 a viz Ebrel
Chinese      zh   4月4日
Czech        cs   4. dubna
Danish       da   4. april
Dutch        nl   4 april
English      en   4th April
English (US) en   April 4
Esperanto    eo   4-a de aprilo
Finnish      fi   4. huhtikuuta
French       fr   4 avril
German       de   4. April
Greek        el   4 Απριλίου
Indonesian   id   4 April
Italian      it   4 aprile
Japanese     ja   4月4日
Kotava       avk  4-e ke balemeaksat
Low German   nds  4. April
Norwegian    no   4. april
Polish       pl   4 kwietnia
Portuguese   pt   4 de Abril
Russian      ru   4 апреля
Sinhala      si   අප්‍රේල් 4
Spanish      es   4 de abril
Swedish      sv   4 april
Vietnamese   vi   4 tháng 4
Welsh        cy   4ydd Ebrill

May 5

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Language  Code   Name
Afrikaans    af   5 Mei
Breton       br   5 a viz Mae
Chinese      zh   5月5日
Czech        cs   5. května
Danish       da   5. maj
Dutch        nl   5 mei
English      en   5th May
English (US) en   May 5
Esperanto    eo   5-a de majo
Finnish      fi   5. toukokuuta
French       fr   5 mai
German       de   5. Mai
Greek        el   5 Μαΐου
Hausa        ha   5 ga Mayu
Indonesian   id   5 Mei
Italian      it   5 maggio
Japanese     ja   5月5日
Kotava       avk  5-e ke alubeaksat
Low German   nds  5. Mai
Norwegian    no   5. mai
Polish       pl   5 maja
Portuguese   pt   5 de Maio
Russian      ru   5 мая
Sinhala      si   මැයි 5
Spanish      es   5 de mayo
Swedish      sv   5 maj
Vietnamese   vi   5 tháng 5
Welsh        cy   5ed Mai

June 6

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Language  Code   Name
Afrikaans    af   6 Junie
Breton       br   6 a viz Mezheven
Chinese      zh   6月6日
Czech        cs   6. června
Danish       da   6. juni
Dutch        nl   6 juni
English      en   6th June
English (US) en   June 6
Esperanto    eo   6-a de junio
Finnish      fi   6. kesäkuuta
French       fr   6 juin
German       de   6. Juni
Greek        el   6 Ιουνίου
Indonesian   id   6 Juni
Italian      it   6 giugno
Japanese     ja   6月6日
Kotava       avk  6-e ke teveaksat
Low German   nds  6. Juni
Norwegian    no   6. juni
Polish       pl   6 czerwca
Portuguese   pt   6 de Junho
Russian      ru   6 июня
Sinhala      si   ජූනි 6
Spanish      es   6 de junio
Swedish      sv   6 juni
Vietnamese   vi   6 tháng 6
Welsh        cy   6fed Mehefin

July 10

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Language  Code   Name
Afrikaans    af   10 Julie
Breton       br   10 a viz Gouere
Chinese      zh   7月10日
Czech        cs   10. července
Danish       da   10. juli
Dutch        nl   10 juli
English      en   10th July
English (US) en   July 10
Esperanto    eo   10-a de julio
Finnish      fi   10. heinäkuuta
French       fr   10 juillet
German       de   10. Juli
Greek        el   10 Ιουλίου
Indonesian   id   10 Juli
Italian      it   10 luglio
Japanese     ja   7月10日
Kotava       avk  10-e ke pereaksat
Low German   nds  10. Juli
Norwegian    no   10. juli
Polish       pl   10 lipca
Portuguese   pt   10 de Julho
Russian      ru   10 июля
Sinhala      si   ජූලි 10
Spanish      es   10 de julio
Swedish      sv   10 juli
Vietnamese   vi   10 tháng 7
Welsh        cy   10fed Gorffennaf

August 20

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Language  Code   Name
Afrikaans    af   20 Augustus
Breton       br   20 a viz Eost
Chinese      zh   8月20日
Czech        cs   20. srpna
Danish       da   20. august
Dutch        nl   20 augustus
English      en   20th August
English (US) en   August 20
Esperanto    eo   20-a de aŭgusto
Finnish      fi   20. elokuuta
French       fr   20 août
German       de   20. August
Greek        el   20 Αυγούστου
Indonesian   id   20 Agustus
Italian      it   20 agosto
Japanese     ja   8月20日
Kotava       avk  20-e ke anyusteaksat
Low German   nds  20. August
Norwegian    no   20. august
Polish       pl   20 sierpnia
Portuguese   pt   20 de Agosto
Russian      ru   20 августа
Sinhala      si   අගෝස්තු 20
Spanish      es   20 de agosto
Swedish      sv   20 augusti
Vietnamese   vi   20 tháng 8
Welsh        cy   20fed Awst

September 21

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Language  Code   Name
Afrikaans    af   21 September
Breton       br   21 a viz Gwengolo
Chinese      zh   9月21日
Czech        cs   21. září
Danish       da   21. september
Dutch        nl   21 september
English      en   21st September
English (US) en   September 21
Esperanto    eo   21-a de septembro
French       fr   21 septembre
German       de   21. September
Greek        el   21 Σεπτεμβρίου
Hausa        ha   21 ga Satumba
Indonesian   id   21 September
Italian      it   21 settembre
Japanese     ja   9月21日
Kotava       avk  21-e ke lerdeaksat
Low German   nds  21. Septemmer
Norwegian    no   21. september
Polish       pl   21 września
Portuguese   pt   21 de Setembro
Russian      ru   21 сентября
Sinhala      si   සැප්තැම්බර 21
Spanish      es   21 de septiembre
Swedish      sv   21 september
Vietnamese   vi   21 tháng 9
Welsh        cy   21ain Medi

October 22

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Language  Code   Name
Afrikaans    af   22 Oktober
Breton       br   22 a viz Here
Chinese      zh   10月22日
Czech        cs   22. října
Danish       da   22. oktober
Dutch        nl   22 oktober
English      en   22nd October
English (US) en   October 22
Esperanto    eo   22-a de oktobro
French       fr   22 octobre
German       de   22. Oktober
Greek        el   22 Οκτωβρίου
Hausa        ha   22 ga Oktoba
Indonesian   id   22 Oktober
Italian      it   22 ottobre
Japanese     ja   10月22日
Kotava       avk  22-e ke saneaksat
Low German   nds  22. Oktober
Norwegian    no   22. oktober
Polish       pl   22 października
Portuguese   pt   22 de Outubro
Russian      ru   22 октября
Sinhala      si   ඔක්තෝබර 22
Spanish      es   22 de octubre
Swedish      sv   22 oktober
Vietnamese   vi   22 tháng 10
Welsh        cy   22ain Hydref

November 23

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Language  Code   Name
Afrikaans    af   23 November
Breton       br   23 a viz Du
Chinese      zh   11月23日
Czech        cs   23. listopadu
Danish       da   23. november
Dutch        nl   23 november
English      en   23rd November
English (US) en   November 23
Esperanto    eo   23-a de novembro
French       fr   23 novembre
German       de   23. November
Greek        el   23 Νοεμβρίου
Hausa        ha   23 ga Nuwamba
Indonesian   id   23 November
Italian      it   23 novembre
Japanese     ja   11月23日
Kotava       avk  23-e ke santaneaksat
Low German   nds  23. Novemmer
Norwegian    no   23. november
Polish       pl   23 listopada
Portuguese   pt   23 de Novembro
Russian      ru   23 ноября
Sinhala      si   නොවැම්බර 23
Spanish      es   23 de noviembre
Swedish      sv   23 november
Vietnamese   vi   23 tháng 11
Welsh        cy   23ain Tachwedd

December 24

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Language  Code   Name
Afrikaans    af   24 Desember
Breton       br   24 a viz Kerzu
Chinese      zh   12月24日
Czech        cs   24. prosince
Danish       da   24. december
Dutch        nl   24 december
English      en   24th December
English (US) en   December 24
Esperanto    eo   24-a de decembro
French       fr   24 décembre
German       de   24. Dezember
Greek        el   24 Δεκεμβρίου
Hausa        ha   24 ga Disamba
Indonesian   id   24 Desember
Italian      it   24 dicembre
Japanese     ja   12月24日
Kotava       avk  24-e ke santoleaksat
Low German   nds  24. Dezemmer
Norwegian    no   24. desember
Polish       pl   24 grudnia
Portuguese   pt   24 de Dezembro
Russian      ru   24 декабря
Sinhala      si   දෙසැම්බර් 24
Spanish      es   24 de diciembre
Swedish      sv   24 december
Vietnamese   vi   24 tháng 12
Welsh        cy   24ain Rhagfyr

Notes

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中文 (Chinese)

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Chinese does not give months, days of the week, or years special names. Rather, Chinese merely uses the number. The Chinese date format always starting with the year. For example, "July 31st, 2004", in Chinese is:

二〇〇四年七月三十一日 or 2004年7月31日
(literally, "Two zero zero four year seven month thirty-one day" or "2004 year 7 month 31 day")

For the Chinese, the day of week is not usually included in the article. Similarly, "Saturday," the sixth day of the week, is:

星期六
(literally, "week six")

The exception is "Sunday," which in Chinese is 星期日(literally, "week day"). And in days of week, Arabic numerals should not be used.

Also, BCE (BC) is 公元前 in Chinese, and ACE (AD) is 公元. For example, "220 BC", in Chinese is:

公元前二二〇年 or 公元前220年

French

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When using roman or decimal ordinal numbers, French uses superscript er for first (or re when the ordinal matches a feminine noun like décennie or année), then superscript e for everything else:

  • Ier, Ire (1st)
  • IIe (2nd, but not last in a pair)
  • IId, IIde (2nd in a pair)
  • IIIe (3rd), IVe (4th), Ve (5th), ...
  • Xe (10th), XIe (11th), XIIe (12th), ...
  • XXe (20th), XXIe (21st), XXIIe (22nd), XXIIIe (23rd), XXIVe (24th), ...

Usually the superscript form is preferred for ordinal suffixes, and strongly encouraged with roman numbers. Roman numbers normally use small capitals for cardinals and prepended ordinals, but big capitals for unsuffixed ordinals used alone for years or in appended positions (e.g. numbered names of sovereigns, or book/chapter/title/section numbers).

By tradition, milleniums and centuries are written using roman number with big capitals as they are ordinals. same rule for sovereign numbered names and book/chapter/title/section number. But low capitals roman numbers are used for alinea ordinals within chapters or sections. Some authors prefer using century ordinal numbers using small capitals (there's no agreed convention), while keeping big capitals for milleniums.

Using latin digits for milleniums, centuries ordinals and for sovereign ordinal names is strongly discouraged in French (Jean XXIII, not Jean 23) and when spelled out instead of using . But years may also occasionnaly be written using roman numbers (old fashion, mostly found in old books or legal statements). Today, French uses latin digits for all years counted in the Gregorian era, and roman digits are often used when counting in other eras or in some historic dates, always after the French word an (meaning year) generally with the name of the era, as in an I de la Révolution).

However, day of months use the ordinal form only for the 1st day of month (and their decimal number in digits are suffixed with superscript er), for all other days of the month, only cardinals are used (and decimal numbers using digits are not suffixed). So we have : premier janvier (1er janvier), followed by deux janvier (2 janvier), ..., trente-et-un janvier (31 janvier), premier février (1er février), deux février (2 février), etc.

It is acceptable (but not recommanded) to use the cardinal form for the 1st day of month but only when using the digits (1 janvier), but never acceptable when spelled out (un janvier is wrong, as 1 janvier is still read as premier janvier); but it is always incorrect to use the ordinal form for other days of the month (deuxième janvier or 2e janvier are both wrong).

Cymraeg (Welsh)

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When writing dates we append a suffix to the day number which is used to change the cardinal number to an ordinal:

  • 1af (cyntaf - 1st)
  • 2ail (ail - 2nd)
  • 3ydd (trydydd - 3rd)
  • 4ydd (pedwerydd - 4th)
  • 5ed (pumed - 5th)
  • 6ed - 20fed (chweched (6th) - ugeinfed (20th))
  • 21ain (unfed ar hugain - first on twenty (21st))
  • 31ain (unfed ar ddegfed ar hugain - one and tenth on twenty (31st))

Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)

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Vietnamese does not give months, days of the week, or years special names. Rather, Vietnamese merely uses the number. For example, "July 31st, 2004", for the purposes of the Vietnamese wikis, is:

31 tháng 7 năm 2004 or 31 tháng 7, 2004

Normally, however, it would be written:

ngày 31 tháng 7 năm 2004 or hôm 31 tháng 7 năm 2004
(literally, "day 31 of month 7")

For the Vietnamese wikis, the "day" is usually included in the article, but is not part of the page title or link. Similarly, "Saturday," the seventh day of the week, is:

thứ 7
(literally, "the seventh one")

The exception is "Sunday," which in Vietnamese is Chủ nhật.

Also, BCE (BC) is TCN in Vietnamese, and CE (AD) is CN.

Greek

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When writing centuries (=male noun in greek) we append the suffix "-ος" to the century number which is used to change the cardinal number to an ordinal. When the number is 20 or 30 or 40 etc we append the suffix "-ός":

  • 1ος (πρώτος - 1st) (for male)
  • 2ος (δεύτερος - 2nd) (for male)
  • 3ος (τρίτος - 3rd) (for male)
  • 4ος (τέταρτος - 4th) (for male)
  • 5ος (πέμπτος - 5th) (for male)
  • 6ος (έκτος - 6th) (for male)
  • 20ός (εικοστός - 20th) (for male)
  • 21ος (εικοστός πρώτος - 21th) (for male)
  • 22ος (εικοστός δεύτερος - 22th) (for male)
  • 30ός (τριακοστός - 30th) (for male)
  • 40ός (τεσσαρακοστός - 40th) (for male)
  • ...

When writing millenniums (=female noun in greek) we append the suffix "-η" to the millennium number which is used to change the cardinal number to an ordinal. When the number is 20 or 30 or 40 etc we append the suffix "-ή":

  • 1η (πρώτη - 1st) (for female)
  • 2η (δεύτερη - 2nd) (for female)
  • 3η (τρίτη - 3rd) (for female)
  • 4η (τέταρτη - 4th) (for female)
  • 5η (πέμπτη - 5th) (for female)
  • 6η (έκτη - 6th) (for female)
  • 20ή (εικοστή - 20th) (for female)
  • 21η (εικοστή πρώτη - 21th) (for female)
  • 22η (εικοστή δεύτερη - 22th) (for female)
  • 30ή (τριακοστή - 30th) (for female)
  • 40ή (τεσσαρακοστή - 40th) (for female)
  • ...

When writing number of the day we append the suffix "-η" only to the first number, i.e. 1η.

  • 1η Ιανουαρίου, but 2 Ιανουαρίου, 3 Ιανουαρίου...
  • 1η Φεβρουαρίου, but 2 Φεβρουαρίου, 3 Φεβρουαρίου...
  • 1η Μαρτίου, but 2 Μαρτίου, 3 Μαρτίου...
  • ...

Also, BCE (BC) is π.Χ. in Greek, and ACE (AD) is μ.Χ..

ISO 8601

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Note that en:ISO 8601 Formatted Dates conform to an international standard and are therefore usable in all languages. The ISO equivalents here are given on the basis that centuries, millennia, etc. start at the beginning of year one.