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Re:Show HN: Markwhen: Markdown for Timelines by jiehong on Monday June 20, 2022 @01:12PM (#31812830)
It does vary by language, but Roman languages (French, Spanish, Italian, etc.) say the 4th of July.

Same in German.

In Polish, it’s the same, except for official matters since 2002, which now follows ISO8601.

Even in the UK they commonly say the 5th of May, and not May, the 5th (but it does happen).

I can’t talk about other languages.

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Re:Show HN: Markwhen: Markdown for Timelines by chriswarbo on Monday June 20, 2022 @02:07PM (#31813536)
> not May, the 5th (but it does happen)

The only time I see this is in the UK is on movie posters/trailer, e.g. "In cinemas May 5th", which I assume is due to re-using the US material.

PS: 5th of May is a degenerate example, since it's 05/05 regardless of ordering

PPS: 5th of May is also my birthday ;)

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