3 3 3 3 HOW TO WRITE AND SAY DATES IN ENGLISH B 3 BRITISH ENGLISH. DAY+MONTH+ YEAR You write' 14th September 1971 You say: The fourteenth of September nineteen seventy-one DAYS are always said in ORDINAL numbers: 1st (first) 2nd (second) 3rd (third) 4th (fourth) 5th (fifth) 6th (sixth) 7th (seventh) 20th (twentieth) 21st (twenty first) AMERICAN ENGLISH MONTH DAY + YEAR January February March April May June MONTHS always start with a CAPITAL letter: July August September October November December You write September 14th, 1971 M You say: September the fourteenth nineteen seventy-one YEARS are usually divided in two parts: You write 1984 You say: Nineteen eighty-four From 2000 to 2010 we normally say: Two thousand and one Two thousand and two​