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UniWiki:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers: Difference between revisions

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| {{!xt|15-04-2007}}<br />{{!xt|04-15-2007}}
| {{!xt|15-04-2007}}<br />{{!xt|04-15-2007}}
| Do not use <var>dd</var>-<var>mm</var>-<var>yyyy</var>, <var>mm</var>-<var>dd</var>-<var>yyyy</var> or <var>yyyy</var>-<var>dd</var>-<var>mm</var> formats, as they are ambiguous for some dates<ref>These formats cannot, in general, be distinguished on sight, because there are usages in which 03-04-2007 represents March{{nbsp}}4, and other usages in which it represents April{{nbsp}}3. In contrast there is no common usage in which {{nowrap|2007-04-03}} represents anything other than April{{nbsp}}3.</ref>
| Do not use <var>dd</var>-<var>mm</var>-<var>yyyy</var>, <var>mm</var>-<var>dd</var>-<var>yyyy</var> or <var>yyyy</var>-<var>dd</var>-<var>mm</var> formats, as they are ambiguous for some dates<ref>These formats cannot, in general, be distinguished on sight, because there are usages in which 03-04-2007 represents March{{nbsp}}4, and other usages in which it represents April{{nbsp}}3. In contrast there is no common usage in which 2007-04-03 represents anything other than April{{nbsp}}3.</ref>
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| {{!xt|7/2001}}<br />{{!xt|7-2001}}<br />{{!xt|07-2001}}<br />{{!xt|2001-07}}<br />{{!xt|2001 July}}<br />{{!xt|July of 2001}}
| {{!xt|7/2001}}<br />{{!xt|7-2001}}<br />{{!xt|07-2001}}<br />{{!xt|2001-07}}<br />{{!xt|2001 July}}<br />{{!xt|July of 2001}}