Editing Calendar date (section)

===Gregorian, day–month–year (DMY) <span id="DMY date"></span> ===
[[File:Příležitostné razítko pof. PR7, 13.06.1939.jpg|thumb|Postal mark of Czechoslovakia dated 13 June 1939]]
This [[Endianness|little-endian]] sequence is used by a majority of the world and is the preferred form by the [[United Nations]] when writing the full date format in official documents. This date format originates from the custom of writing the date as "the Nth day of [month] in the year of our Lord [year]" in Western religious and legal documents. The format has shortened over time but the order of the elements has remained constant. The following examples use the date of 9 November 2006. (With the years 2000–2009, care must be taken to ensure that [[Year 2000 problem|two digit years do not intend to be 1900–1909 or other similar years]].) The dots have a function of [[ordinal dot]].

* "9 November 2006" or "9. November 2006" (the latter is common in [[German language|German]]-speaking regions)
* 9/11/2006 or 09/11/2006
* 09.11.2006 or 9.11.2006
* 9. 11. 2006
* 9-11-2006 or 09-11-2006
* 09-Nov-2006
* 09Nov06 – Used, including in the U.S., where space needs to be saved by skipping [[punctuation]] (often seen on the [[dateline]] of Internet news articles).
* [The] 9th [of] November 2006 – 'The' and 'of' are often spoken but generally omitted in all but the most formal writing such as legal documents.
* 09/Nov/2006 – used in the [[Common Log Format]]
* Thursday, 9 November 2006
* 9/xi/06, 9.xi.06, 9-xi.06, 9/xi-06, 9.XI.2006, 9. XI. 2006 or 9 XI 2006 (using the [[Roman numerals|Roman numeral]] for the month) – In the past, this was a common and typical way of distinguishing day from month and was widely used in many countries, but recently this practice has been affected by the general retreat from the use of Roman numerals.{{cn|date=August 2021}} This is usually confined to handwriting only and is not put into any form of print.{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}} It is associated with a number of schools and universities. It has also been used by the Vatican as an alternative to using months named after Roman deities.{{cn|date=August 2021}} It is used on Canadian postmarks as a [[bilingual]] form of the month. It was also commonly used in the [[Soviet Union]], in both handwriting and print.
* 9 November 2006 [[Common Era|CE]] or 9 November 2006 [[Anno Domini|AD]]