Date and time notation in Russia

Date

Present

Dates are usually written in "day month year" (DMY) order. This order is used in both the all-numeric date (for example "28.08.17") and the expanded form (for example "28 августа 2017 г."). Single-digit numbers for day or month may have a preceding nought (for example "28.08.2017"), but omitting it (for example "28.8.2017") is more usual.

When saying the date, it is usually pronounced using the ordinal number of the day first, then the month (for example "Двадцать восьмое августа").

Historical

Russia used the Byzantine calendar up to 1700, the Julian calendar between 1700 and 1918, and the Gregorian calendar since 1918. Until the final years of Peter the Great in the early 1720s, Russia used Cyrillic numerals to denote dates on coins. Thus, for example, СИ (208) denoted 7208 AM (September 1, 1699 through August 31, 1700 OS) and ҂АѰ (1700) denoted AD 1700 OS.

Time

The 12-hour notation is often used in the spoken language. The 24-hour notation is used in writing, with a colon as the standardised and recommended separator (e.g. “9:07”).


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