Dates

[telemann]

I guess this is a style question more than a hard rule. But I recently saw a poster of Andrew Brietbart, with his dates at the bottom listed February 1st, 1969 - March 1st, 2012. It's not typical to use "st" after numbers in a date like this, or is it correct and most people just do not do it?

Thanks.

Comments

[danthered]

There's nothing the matter with "1st", "21st", "23rd", "17th", "2nd", etc. This kind of usage is equally correct as plain numerals.

[mummygeorgie]

I think it's just a style difference; the important thing is consistency.

[eracerhead]

They're both correct. Anything but slash notation as 6/5/2012 could mean either June 5th or the 6th of May depending upon local tradition. Perilous if you're traveling anywhere, hilarious if it happens to someone else.