Date format by country

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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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