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How is the date written in Esperanto?

de ChuckWalter, 2015-aprilo-02

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ChuckWalter (Montri la profilon) 2015-aprilo-02 16:59:09

I've started a journal where I can practice handwriting Esperanto, but I’m having trouble with the date entries. Today I want to say the 2nd of April, 2015, but I can only figure out how to say “la dua de aprilo . . .” I am guessing that I should end it with, “. . . de 2015?” I think that translates to “the second of April of 2015,” is that grammatically correct?

The only website I could find on the matter didn't mention how to incorporate the year: http://wikitravel.org/en/Esperanto_phrasebook

(I'm not using 2015.04.02 so that I can get used to pronouncing the words while reading them)

Christa627 (Montri la profilon) 2015-aprilo-02 17:34:40

I'm no authority on the topic, but in my own journal I write "La 2a de Aprilo, 2015". I think this would be easily understood by anyone.

tommjames (Montri la profilon) 2015-aprilo-02 18:08:19

PMEG has some relevant info.

ChuckWalter (Montri la profilon) 2015-aprilo-02 18:51:28

Thanks! I'll go with “la dua de aprilo, 2015.”

Tempodivalse (Montri la profilon) 2015-aprilo-02 19:35:53

Christa627:I'm no authority on the topic, but in my own journal I write "La 2a de Aprilo, 2015". I think this would be easily understood by anyone.
ChuckWalter:Thanks! I'll go with “la dua de aprilo, 2015.”
I always add a dash if not spelling out the number, e.g. la 2-a de aprilo, for clarity's sake - but this probably isn't strictly necessary.

Quick clarificatory note: If the date is being used as part of a sentence, you need to either use the preposition je or the accusative of time -n. (You probably already knew that, but I wanted to make sure.)

If you're just writing a date on its own (say as a header or marker), then of course the nominative is fine.

Christa627 (Montri la profilon) 2015-aprilo-02 21:22:48

tommjames:PMEG has some relevant info.
Bertilo Wennergren:
Kiam oni skribas daton, ekz. ĉe la komenco de letero, oni skribas kutime jene:

lundon la 26-an de Novembro 1997

merkredon la 9-an de Marto 2001
There the month is always capitalized, and there isn't a comma between the year and the month. I don't know whether that is important or not.

Tempodivalse (Montri la profilon) 2015-aprilo-02 22:33:03

Christa627:There the month is always capitalized, and there isn't a comma between the year and the month. I don't know whether that is important or not.
I don't capitalise months or weekday names, and most people I've encountered do not, either. My understanding was that most EOists use Slavic/Romance capitalisation conventions, which significantly differ from those of English.

I don't think it makes any real difference, though.

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