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:::::::::: I have to say, that is the ''weirdest'' format I ever heard of. I would have expected it to have a day in there somewhere instead of a month twice. ;) BTW, if you aren't specifying leading zeros for days or months you typically use one place-holder; so July 5, 2018 in the dmmmyyyy format would be 5Jul2018 --[[User:Thundergnat|Thundergnat]] ([[User talk:Thundergnat|talk]]) 11:52, 6 July 2018 (UTC)
 
::::::::::: Thanks for catching that error.   (I had to re-read what I wrote before I saw my typo).   I meant to say:   '''dMmmyyyy'''   where   '''Mmm'''   is the capitalized three letter month name (in English).   I suppose the   '''dd'''   could be used, but a leading zero for the day-of-month would be superfluous, but it would make all dates more consistant when numerous dates are displayed.   Also note that not all languages have a unique three-letter abbreviation for the name of the month.   I suppose that not being English centric has its drawbacks.   -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] ([[User talk:Gerard Schildberger|talk]]) 17:55, 6 July 2018 (UTC)
 
::Note that each format uses different separator. You should always use correct separator for each format so that people will know which format is used.