What is the date today?
1. Ordinal numbers for dates
In English, we use ordinal numbers when we say the date.
Examples:
6 -> sixth
10 -> tenth
Special forms
The numbers 1, 2, 3 change:
1 -> 1st (first)
2 -> 2nd (second)
3 -> 3rd (third)
Other examples:
4 -> 4th (fourth)
5 -> 5th (fifth)
11 -> 11th (eleventh)
20 -> 20th (twentieth)
21 -> 21st (twenty-first)
22 -> 22nd (twenty-second)
23 -> 23rd (twenty-third)
24 -> 24th (twenty-fourth)
30 -> 30th (thirtieth)
31 -> 31st (thirty-first)
2. How to write the date
United States format
Month + Day + Year
-> July 4, 2024
United Kingdom format
Day + Month + Year
-> 4 July 2024
Note: Months always start with a capital letter.
3. Months of the year:
January – February – March – April – May – June – July – August – September – October – November – December
4. How to say the year
Two common ways:
2022 -> twenty twenty-two
or: two thousand and twenty-two
Both forms are correct and natural.