Writing dates

[Rachel Adams]

Is this form of writing dates wrong or formal or perhaps old-fashioned?

"The 31st of March" instead of "31(st) March" or "March 31(st)"?

It's used in our schools by English teachers.

 

[5jj]

The full form, as in "The 31st of March", is very rarely used in writing.

 

[Yankee]

As a holdover from my military stint, I continue to us the form dd/mm/yyyy or dd/mm/yy (31 March '21) on all documents/correspondence unless specified/required otherwise.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Is this form of writing dates wrong or formal or perhaps old-fashioned?

"The 31st of March" instead of "31(st) March" or "March 31(st)"?

It's used in our schools by English teachers.

I'll just add that parentheses are never used for date suffixes.

31st March is never used.

March 31st is sometimes used.

I hate 31st. It looks like March thirty-oncet.

 

[GoesStation]

31st is the only short form for "thirty-first". There's really nothing wrong with it.

 

[Rover_KE]

31st March is never used.

It is in British English.

 

[jutfrank]

As a holdover from my military stint, I continue to us the form dd/mm/yyyy or dd/mm/yy (31 March '21) on all documents/correspondence unless specified/required otherwise.

Congratulations on using a sensible method! :-D Now to get the other 350 million of your countrymen to follow suit ...