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Writing out dates?

de miamaslegi, 22 de gener de 2012

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miamaslegi (Mostra el perfil) 22 de gener de 2012 18.50.50

I have a question about writing out dates, specifically in correspondence.

Usually, if I'm writing a letter, I'll write out the date in this way:

Friday, January 6, 2012

If I'm writing the same thing out in Esperanto, I know basically what to write, but I'm not sure which, if any, of the words need the accusative -n.

ĵaŭdo(n), la 6-a(n) de januaro(n), 2012

Is the -n needed at all here? Why or why not?
The accusative hasn't tripped me up that much yet - except for this!

Thanks, everyone rideto.gif

darkweasel (Mostra el perfil) 22 de gener de 2012 18.53.14

Januaro doesn’t get an -n since it’s preceded by de.

Otherwise, I don’t know which one is better (though you could just write 2012-01-06).

erinja (Mostra el perfil) 22 de gener de 2012 19.28.38

PMEG suggests "vendredon, la 6-an de januaro"

(ĵaŭdo = Thursday, vendredo = Friday)

Personally I normally would write "6 jan. 2012"

You didn't ask about this but watch out for numbers-only dates. They are discouraged in Esperanto because of the possibility of misunderstanding, but you should be aware that there are different customs in this regard.

2012-1-6 is clear to everyone. But 1/6/2012 would be understood by Americans as January 6th, and by most of the rest of the world as June 1st.

darkweasel (Mostra el perfil) 22 de gener de 2012 19.49.29

erinja:
You didn't ask about this but watch out for numbers-only dates. They are discouraged in Esperanto because of the possibility of misunderstanding, but you should be aware that there are different customs in this regard.

2012-1-6 is clear to everyone. But 1/6/2012 would be understood by Americans as January 6th, and by most of the rest of the world as June 1st.
Which is why ISO 8601 format (2012-01-22) is preferable when you want to use a numbers-only date.

miamaslegi (Mostra el perfil) 22 de gener de 2012 20.25.47

erinja:
(ĵaŭdo = Thursday, vendredo = Friday)
Whoops - I'd been thinking about the date question so much that I can't even remember how to read a calendar! rido.gif

Thanks for the answers, everyone. I was aware of the posibility of misunderstanding with numeral-only dates, but I've always written out dates - habit, I suppose.

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