
This page gives an overview of date formats by country, for the Gregorian calendar (see other calendars in use). (For time as well, see Date and time representation by country.)
== Legends ==
All examples use example date 1996-04-22 / 22 April 1996 / April 22, 1996 – except where a single-digit day is illustrated.
Basic components of a calendar date for the most common calendar systems:
Y – Year
M – Month
D – Day
Order of the basic components:
B – Big-endian (year, month, day), e.g. 1996-04-22
L – Little-endian (day, month, year), e.g. 22.04.96 or 22/04/96 or 22 April 1996
M – Middle-endian (month...