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How is the date written in Esperanto?

од ChuckWalter, 02. април 2015.

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ChuckWalter (Погледати профил) 02. април 2015. 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 (Погледати профил) 02. април 2015. 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 (Погледати профил) 02. април 2015. 18.08.19

PMEG has some relevant info.

ChuckWalter (Погледати профил) 02. април 2015. 18.51.28

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

Tempodivalse (Погледати профил) 02. април 2015. 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 (Погледати профил) 02. април 2015. 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 (Погледати профил) 02. април 2015. 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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