Wikipedia:Styletips/31

Dates


 * Don't link dates or date-fragments unless there's a very good reason to do so (however, date- and year-themed articles themselves, such as January 3 and 1981, are an exception to this).
 * Avoid numerical date formats such as "03/04/2005" (this could refer to 3 April or March 4—who knows?).

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