Date

The dateline in a letter is typed three or four lines below the last line of the letterhead. The standard

dateline in the United States and various other countries is the full name of the month (no abbreviations), followed by the day and year. A comma separates the day of the month from the year. No period follows the date (example: August 18, 2OO9). However, in Europe and many other countries, the most widely used format to write a date is: day, followed by the month and the year (example: 5 November 2009).

To avoid confusion in international correspondence, do not use numerals to indicate a month, but always type out the full name of the month. Thus, do not write 05-09 -2009 if you want to indicate the date of 5 September, because an American businessman would assume that you mean May 9 instead of September 5.

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