How to read DATES? :)

Hi!
I'm gonna show you today how to read dates correctly. Let's get started. :)

The first thing I'd like to say is that there is a difference between American dates and British dates.
In America we would say: MONTH - DAY - YEAR. For example: February 9th 1981, 02.09.1981
In Britain: DAY - MONTH - YEAR. For example: 9th February 1981, 09.02.1981

When we read a date, we say: The 9th (ninth) of February 1981 (nineteen eighty one). You do not have to write that, but you should say that. In American English you can just say, for example: My birthday is February 9th 1981, but not in British. In British you say: My birthday is the 9th of February 1981.

How to read years?
With years before 2000 we split it up into two sections.
18/25 - eighteen twenty five
10/57 - ten fifty seven
19/94 - nineteen ninety four
When we get past the year 2000, there are two acceptable ways to say the date.
The first one:
2002 - twenty o (/əʊ/) two - with the years before 2010 we must say "o". With the years after - 2018 - twenty eighteen
The second one:
2002 - two thousand and two
2018 - two thousand and eighteen
Don't forget about the 'and' with the years starting with two thousand!

Now just a quick reminder about cardinal and ordinal numbers, I guess you now that already, but in  case you do not:

CARDINAL NUMBERS	ORDINAL NUMBERS
one - 1	first – 1st
two - 2	second – 2nd
three - 3	third – 3rd
four - 4	fourth – 4th
five - 5	fifth – 5th
six - 6	sixth – 6th
seven - 7	seventh – 7th
eight - 8	eighth – 8th
nine - 9	ninth – 9th
ten - 10	tenth – 10th

And all months in English:
January /ˈdʒænjuəri/
February /ˈfebruəri/
March /mɑːtʃ/
April /ˈeɪprəl/
May /meɪ/
June /dʒuːn/
July /dʒuˈlaɪ/
August /ɔːˈɡʌst/
September /sepˈtembə(r)/
October /ɒkˈtəʊbə(r)/
November /nəʊˈvembə(r)/
December /dɪˈsembə(r)/

I hope that now you'll know how to read dates!
See you!
Alina :)