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Style: Date Format

Date styles

Date styles

Context

Recommended format

Example

Notes

Tables, filenames, headers

ISO (YYYY-MM-DD)

2025-10-31

Sortable, neutral, ideal for structured data.

Swedish text

Natural Swedish

31 oktober 2025

Best for fluency in running text.

Informal English

ISO or compact day-month

2025-10-31 / 31 Oct 2025

Short, readable, good for internal notes.

Formal English

Full written form

October 31, 2025

Use only in official correspondence and reports.

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Keep one format per document or page for consistency.

Avoid the U.S. numeric form (10/31/2025) — it’s ambiguous internationally.

Use non-breaking spaces (Option + Space) before months if you want to prevent awkward line breaks.

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