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Is there any difference in the format of date between the United States and the UK? Is there any difference in the format of date between the United States and the UK? e.g. does 02.03.2013 means March 2nd,2013 to Americans and February 3rd, 2013 to the British people?

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It's the other way around. 02.03.13 is March 2nd to Britons (as well as Australians and I think most Europeans) and February 3rd to Americans.
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The only difference is the format: US mm/dd/yyyy eg. 12/19/2013 (December 19th 2013) UK dd/mm/yyyy eg. 19/12/2013 (19th December 2013)
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Maybe someone can clarify? Does anyone apart from the Americans put the month first?
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I am not sure, but this also always confuses me. In German and Dutch 02.03.2014 certainly means the second of March.

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