2.3.7.1 Format of Dates

Dates should normally be written in day-month-year order. This form is widely understood internationally and avoids the extra commas required by month-day-year style. Avoid all-numeric dates, since forms such as 4/8/1904 may be read differently by different audiences.

Preferred:

• 8 April 1904
• March 1909
• April 814 CE
• Junius (June) 493 BCE

If month-day-year style is used, include the comma after the day and, when the sentence continues, after the year.

Acceptable:

• April 8, 1904
• Crowley arrived in Cairo on April 1, 1904, before the reception of the Book of the Law.