Date to Words Converter: How To Write Out and Say the Date October 25th 1978 in Words (Birthday) in US American and UK British English
Write out the date 10-25-1978 = October 25th, 1978, in American and British English
In American English date representation, the month comes before the day, followed by the year. In British English the day comes before the month, followed by the year.
American English (US)
10-25-1978 = October 25th, 1978
Convert and Write Out the Date, in Words:
October the twenty-fifth, nineteen seventy-eight
In American English the month is said first, followed by the day.
* The definite article 'the' can be left out:
October twenty-fifth, nineteen seventy-eight
British English (UK)
25-10-1978 = 25th October, 1978
Convert and Spell Out the Date, in Words:
the twenty-fifth of October, nineteen seventy-eight
In British English the day is said first, followed by the month.
Middle endian
- In American English date representation, the month comes before the day, followed by the year. This is called middle endian representation: the middle significant value, the month, comes first. The day is the least significant value, the year is the most significant value in the sequence.
Little endian
- In British English (UK) date representation the day comes before the month, followed by the year. This is called little endian representation: the least significant value, the day, comes first. The month has middle significance and the year is the most significant.
Big endian
- Big-endian is a term which is related to an order in which the most significant value in the sequence comes first, so, in our case, the year comes first, usually followed by the month and then by the day.
Notes on Writing Out Numbers and Years:
- 1: In American English, unlike British English, when writing out years of three or more digits, the word 'and' is not used after 'hundred' or 'thousand'; i.e. 963 is written out as 'nine sixty-three' (American English) and not as 'nine hundred and sixty-three' (British English); 2025 is 'two thousand twenty-five' (American English) and not 'two thousand and twenty-five' (British English).
- 2. Up to 1999 the years are spoken as hundreds, but for shortening, the words 'hundred and' are omitted: i. e. 1999 = 'nineteen (hundred and) ninety-nine' = 'nineteen ninety-nine'.
- 3. After the year 2000 the years are spoken as normal numbers, but for shortening, in colloquial language, the years are pronounced in groups of two: i. e. 2000 = 'two thousand'; 2001 = 'two thousand (and) one', but also 'twenty oh one'.
- 4. Do not use commas when writing in digits years above 999; i.e. it is 1234; 1973, 2021, and not 1,234; 1,973, 2,021.
- 5: It's correct to hyphenate all compound numbers from 'twenty-one' (21) through 'ninety-nine' (99). The hyphen is the minus sign, as in 'thirty-four' (34).