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This page guides the presentation of numbers, dates, times, measurements, currencies, coordinates, and similar items in articles. The aim is to promote clarity, cohesion, and consistency, and to make the encyclopedia easier and more intuitive to use. For numbers, dates, and similar items in Wikipedia article titles, see the "Naming conventions (numbers and dates)" guideline. Where this manual ...
The corresponding date in the Gregorian calendar is 9 February 1649, the date by which his contemporaries in some parts of continental Europe would have recorded his execution. The O.S./N.S. designation is particularly relevant for dates which fall between the start of the "historical year" (1 January) and the legal start date, where different.
Writers have traditionally written abbreviated dates according to their local custom, creating all-numeric equivalents to day–month formats such as "30 September 2024" (30/09/24, 30/09/2024, 30-09-2024 or 30.09.2024) and month–day formats such as "September 30, 2024" (09/30/24 or 09/30/2024). This can result in dates that are impossible to understand correctly without knowing the context ...
The separator used between date values (year, month, week, and day) is the hyphen, while the colon is used as the separator between time values (hours, minutes, and seconds). For example, the 6th day of the 1st month of the year 2009 may be written as "2009-01-06" in the extended format or as "20090106" in the basic format without ambiguity.
The timing of the hurricane season was an important factor for maritime trade and naval activities. The understanding that Atlantic hurricanes are most commonplace during a certain period of the year has been long recognized. Historical delineations of the Atlantic hurricane season varied but generally covered some part of the estival (summer) and autumnal months. [6] Some early descriptions ...
Gregorian years are identified by consecutive year numbers. [7] A calendar date is fully specified by the year (numbered according to a calendar era, in this case Anno Domini or Common Era), the month (identified by name or number), and the day of the month (numbered sequentially starting from 1).
In traditional American usage, dates are written in the month–day–year order (e.g. September 26, 2024) with a comma before and after the year if it is not at the end of a sentence [2] and time in 12-hour notation (3:42 pm). International date and time formats typically follow the ISO 8601 format (2024-09-26) for all-numeric dates, [3] write ...
A calendar date is a reference to a particular day represented within a calendar system. The calendar date allows the specific day to be identified. The number of days between two dates may be calculated. For example, "25 September 2024" is ten days after "15 September 2024". The date of a particular event depends on the observed time zone.