Bob161 Posted February 25, 2010 at 12:59 AM Report Share Posted February 25, 2010 at 12:59 AM How would you write the date for a journal entry? i.e. "February 23rd:" I know it's "month 1, month 2...etc" but not sure about how to write the day and there are two entries for "day of month" in the dictionaries. Would it be: "二月, 二十三号" or "二月, 二十三日" What's the difference? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daan Posted February 25, 2010 at 01:11 AM Report Share Posted February 25, 2010 at 01:11 AM Both 號 and 日 can be used. 日 is more formal. (Also, I think most writers would omit the comma.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lu Posted February 25, 2010 at 09:53 AM Report Share Posted February 25, 2010 at 09:53 AM From what I've seen, 號 is less formal, and 日 is used more often for moon calender dates. Arabic numbers are used, not Chinese ones. Commas are not used. 2010年2月23號. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted February 25, 2010 at 01:15 PM Report Share Posted February 25, 2010 at 01:15 PM Arabic numbers are used, not Chinese ones. Commas are not used. How the numbers are written really depends on the individual, especially if you don't write the year. I think most people will not write 二零一零年二月二十三日, but 二月二十三日 or 二月廿三日 is not uncommon. I wrote some of my blog this way, like this one. Commas are not used. When I write a date I use 日. I do not use 號 in writing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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