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Date format by country

philippine 2023. 8. 13. 17:11

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The legal and cultural expectations for date and time representation vary between countries. 
The United States is one of the few countries that use “mm-dd-yyyy” as their date format. 
The day is written first and the year last in most countries (dd-mm-yyyy) 
and some nations, such as Korea and China, write the year first and the day last (yyyy-mm-dd). 

 

Date format by country

Country YMD DMY MDY
AFGHANISTAN Yes Yes No
ALBANIA Yes Yes No
ALGERIA No Yes No
ANDORRA No Yes No
ANGOLA No Yes No
ANTIGUA & BARBUDA No Yes No
ARGENTINA Sometimes Yes No
ARMENIA No Yes No
AUSTRALIA Yes Yes No
AUSTRIA Yes Yes No
AZERBAIJAN No Yes No
BAHAMAS No Yes No
BAHRAIN No Yes No
BANGLADESH No Yes No
BARBADOS No Yes No
BELARUS No Yes No
BELGIUM No Yes No
BELIZE No Yes No
BENIN No Yes No
BHUTAN Yes No No
BOLIVIA No Yes No
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA No Yes No
BOTSWANA Yes Yes No
BRAZIL No Yes No
BRUNEI No Yes No
BULGARIA No Yes No
BURKINA FASO No Yes No
BURUNDI No Yes No
CAMBODIA No Yes No
CAMEROON Yes Yes No
CANADA Yes Yes Yes
CAPE VERDE No Yes No
CENTRAL AFRICA No Yes No
CHAD No Yes No
CHILE No Yes No
CHINA Yes No No
COLOMBIA No Yes No
COMOROS No Yes No
CONGO No Yes No
COSTA RICA No Yes No
CROATIA No Yes No
CUBA Yes Yes No
CYPRUS No Yes No
CZECH Yes Yes No
DENMARK Yes Yes No
DJIBOUTI Yes Yes No
DOMINICA No Yes No
DOMINICA, REP. No Yes No
ECUADOR No Yes No
EGYPT No Yes No
EL SALVADOR No Yes No
EQ. GUINEA No Yes No
ERITREA Yes Yes Sometimes
ESTONIA Sometimes Yes No
ETHIOPIA No Yes Sometimes
FIJI No Yes No
FINLAND No Yes Sometimes
FRANCE Yes Yes No
GABON No Yes No
GAMBIA No Yes No
GEORGIA No Yes No
GERMANY Yes Yes No
GHANA Yes Yes Yes
GREECE No Yes No
GRENADA No Yes Yes
GUATEMALA No Yes No
GUINEA Yes Yes Sometimes
GUINEA BISSAU No Yes No
GUYANA No Yes No
HAITI No Yes No
HONDURAS No Yes No
HUNGARY Yes No No
ICELAND No Yes No
INDIA Yes Yes Sometimes
INDONESIA No Yes Rarely
IRAN Yes Yes No
IRAQ No Yes No
IRELAND No Yes No
ISRAEL No Yes No
ITALY No Yes No
JAMAICA Yes Yes No
JAPAN Yes No No
JORDAN No Yes No
KAZAKHSTAN Sometimes Yes No
KENYA Yes Yes Yes
KIRIBATI No Yes No
KOSOVO No Yes No
KUWAIT No Yes No
KYRGYZSTAN No Yes No
LAOS No Yes No
LATVIA No Yes No
LEBANON No Yes No
LESOTHO Yes Yes No
LIBERIA No Yes No
LIBYA No Yes No
LIECHTENSTEIN No Yes No
LITHUANIA Yes No No
LUXEMBOURG No Yes No
Macau Yes Yes No
MADAGASCAR No Yes No
MALAWI No Yes No
MALAYSIA No Yes No
MALDIVES Yes Yes No
MALI No Yes No
MALTA No Yes No
MARSHALL ISLANDS No No Yes
MAURITANIA No Yes No
MAURITIUS No Yes No
MEXICO No Yes No
MOLDOVA No Yes No
MONACO No Yes No
MONGOLIA Yes No No
MONTENEGRO No Yes No
MOROCCO No Yes No
MOZAMBIQUE No Yes No
MYANMAR Yes Yes No
NAMIBIA Yes Yes No
NAURU No Yes No
NEPAL Yes Yes Sometimes
NETHERLANDS No Yes No
NEW ZEALAND No Yes No
NICARAGUA No Yes No
NIGER No Yes No
NIGERIA No Yes Sometimes
North Korea Yes No No
NORWAY Yes Yes Rarely
OMAN No Yes No
PAKISTAN No Yes No
PALAU No Yes Rarely
PANAMA No Yes Yes
PAPUA NEW GUINEA(P.N.G) No Yes No
PARAGUAY No Yes No
PERU No Yes No
PHILIPPINES No Yes Yes
POLAND Yes Yes No
PORTUGAL Yes Yes No
QATAR No Yes No
ROMANIA No Yes No
RUSSIA Yes Yes No
RWANDA Yes Yes No
SAINT LUCIA No Yes No
SAINT VINCENT & GRENADINES No Yes No
SAMOA No Yes No
SAN MARINO No Yes No
SAO TOME & PRINCIPE No Yes No
SAUDI ARABIA No Yes No
SENEGAL No Yes No
SERBIA No Yes No
SEYCHELLES No Yes No
SIERRA LEONE No Yes No
SINGAPORE Yes Yes Sometimes
SLOVAKIA No Yes No
SLOVENIA No Yes No
SOLOMON ISLANDS No Yes No
SOMALIA No Yes No
SOUTH AFRICA Yes Yes Sometimes
South Korea Yes No No
SOUTH SUDAN No Yes No
SPAIN Yes Yes No
SRI LANKA Yes Yes Rarely
SUDAN No Yes No
SURINAM No Yes No
SWAZILAND No Yes No
SWEDEN Yes Yes No
SWITZERLAND No Yes No
SYRIA No Yes No
Taiwan Yes No No
TAJIKISTAN No Yes No
TANZANIA No Yes No
THAILAND No Yes No
TOGO No Yes Yes
TONGA No Yes No
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO(T&T) No Yes No
TUNISIA No Yes No
Türkiye No Yes No
TURKMENISTAN No Yes No
TUVALU No Yes No
U.A.E No Yes No
UGANDA No Yes No
UKRAINE No Yes No
UNITED KINGDOM Yes Yes No
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Yes Rarely Yes
URUGUAY No Yes No
UZBEKISTAN Yes Yes No
VANUATU No Yes No
VENEZUELA No Yes No
VIETNAM Yes Yes Sometimes
YEMEN No Yes No
ZAMBIA No Yes No
ZIMBABWE Yes No No

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