Instruction about Chinese numbers and dates

by Andres Leo

<<< NUMBERS


...

YEAR, MONTH, DAY

EXAMPLE 1: 12 months

1

January
2

February
3

March
4

April
5

May
6

June
7

July
8

August
9

September
10

October
11

November
12

December


EXAMPLE 2: the year 1983

FORMALLY:

or just write as:

1983

analysis:


1

9

8

3

year

note: juse the number 1983 aligned with Chinese symbols,
DO NOT use the way we did in the previous numbers section,
like one thousand, nine hundred, and eighty-three...etc.


EXAMPLE 3: the year 2012

FORMALLY:

or just write as:

2012

analysis:


2

0

1

2

year


EXAMPLE 4: August, 2012

FORMALLY:

or just write as:

2012 8

analysis:


2

0

1

2

year

August

note: the year first, then the month, then the day...


EXAMPLE 5: August 19th, 2012

FORMALLY:

or just write as:

2012 8 19

analysis:


2

0

1

2

year

August

19

day

note: the year first, then the month, then the day...


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