How to write the date

Knowing how to write the date correctly is important. After all, you want people to show up at your event on the day you expect them!

Test your knowledge by choosing the correctly written date in the questions below. If you need a hand, read our writing tip “Date: How to write the date correctly.”

1. What’s the correct way to write the date in numbers if you’re referring to the fifth day of June in the year 2021?
2. How do you write the date on which New Year’s Day falls?
3. The cross-country ski event was scheduled for Placeholder for the answer.
4. The couple got married in Placeholder for the answer.
5. The concert took place on Placeholder for the answer.
6. The Terry Fox Marathon of Hope began on Placeholder for the answer and lasted 143 days.
7. Expo 67, Canada’s centennial world fair, was held from Placeholder for the answer.
8. The Vancouver Winter Olympics started on Placeholder for the answer.
9. What’s the correct way to write the date in numbers if you’re referring to the third day of March in the year 2028?
10. She’ll be retiring on the Placeholder for the answer.
  
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