how do you write the date?

Seeing as I am American, the manner of month/day/year, makes more sense to me. First you know what month you are in, second the day and third the year. When denoting the date in short form today would be 5/2/2007 or sometimes just 5/2/07. If I was to write it out, I would write, May 2, 2007. At work we have a dily log and I start it every morning, we use the day, month, date, and year: Wednesday, May 2, 2007 . It makes it easier for finding later. You may look by day of the week first or month, etc. When you have large groups of data to sort through, if you have the month first, you can narrow down your search to the month right away, therefore eliminating all the other months.

I find 4th May2007 easy and more sensible to write than the American style 05.04.2007. Logically also 4th May 2007 makes more sense to me I shall explain .... It is because day comes first, the Month next and the Year is represented last. I feel early Americans wanted to do everything different from what the Britishers did and hence in defiance chose month first which still does not make sense if you ask me. But since their writing system has been here for many decades, centuries they can not change and should not change either since it is their tradition. I live in America so when I have to fill out forms it is 05.04.2007 but when I write a letter it is 4thMay2007. Well that's me thanks for asking

Sreevasu, just gave you another + for your posting. Very interesting to see how we all do it all over the world. I for one write 5/3/07, and most Americans are going to do it that way. Unless they are from another company first generation. I don't think one way is logical, or not. Just as long as the date is right. :)

I'd write it the same way as you, it's a habit since the u.s. military does it that way and I'm from a military family. It does confuse others here though when I'm writing a check or letter, they look twice to make sure it's correct.

This is one thing that annoys me to no end. It seems everyone is different here in Canada. I was always taught in school Month day year. The computer system at work is the opposite. It confuses me. So not to confuse others I like to write it out in full May 4, 2007. I don't know which is the most logical but I wish the world would decide on a universal way of doing it. It is kind of like the metric system, why can't the Americans join with the rest of the modern world? Why are there so many types of screws and screwdrivers? You would think the world could at least agree on some things!