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Today's Date Across Calendars

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Buddhist

Friday, December 13, 2567 BE

Chinese

Friday, Eleventh Month 13, 2024(jia-chen)

Coptic

Friday, Kiahk 4, 1741 ERA1

Ethioaa

Friday, Tahsas 4, 7517 ERA0

Ethiopic

Friday, Tahsas 4, 2017 ERA1

Hebrew

Friday, 12 Kislev 5785

Indian

Friday, Agrahayana 22, 1946 Saka

Islamic

Friday, Jumada II 12, 1446 AH

Islamic Civil

Friday, Jumada II 11, 1446 AH

Japanese

Friday, December 13, 6 Reiwa

Persian

Friday, Azar 23, 1403 AP

ROC

Friday, December 13, 113 Minguo

International Date Notation Standards

Date Format Variations. Various methods to denote the present date prevail internationally, with the most recognized being the little-endian (dd-mm-yyyy), middle-endian (mm-dd-yyyy) and big-endian (yyyy-mm-dd) formats.

The Quirkiness of the US Date Format. The United States uniquely utilizes the mm-dd-yyyy date format, whereas most countries adopt the dd-mm-yyyy convention. This divergence is attributed to historical ties with the United Kingdom, where the month-first format was prevalent before aligning with the European standard. Americans retained this preference, maintaining the format since then.

Standard in date presentation. The inherent ambiguity in date representation, exemplified by the interpretation of 05-06-2024 as either June 5th or May 6th, poses a challenge to readers. To mitigate such ambiguity, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has delineated the YYYY-MM-DD format as an integral component of the ISO-8601 date standard. Consequently, employing this standardized format, the aforementioned date would be unequivocally expressed as 2024-06-05 denoting June 5th, 2024.

Date in Digital World. In the context of computing, all dates are specified according to the Gregorian or proleptic Gregorian calendar system.

FormatDateStandard
DD-MM-YYYY13-12-2024EU
MM-DD-YYYY12-13-2024US
YYYY-MM-DD2024-12-13ISO
MM/DD/YYYY12/13/2024-
DD/MM/YYYY13/12/2024-