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| − | * Write '''months''' as whole words ({{xt|February}}, not {{!xt|2}}), except in the YYYY-MM-DD format (as in {{xt|2000-04-01}}). Use abbreviations such as {{xt|Feb.}} only where space is extremely limited, such as in tables and breakout boxes. Do not insert ''of'' between a month and a year ({{xt|April 2000}}, not {{!xt|April of 2000}}).
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| − | * '''Seasons as dates'''. As the seasons are reversed in the northern and southern hemispheres—and areas near the equator tend to have just wet and dry seasons—neutral wording ({{xt|in early 1990}}, {{xt|in the second quarter of 2003}}, {{xt|around September}}) is usually preferable to a "seasonal" reference ({{!xt|summer 1918}}, {{!xt|spring 1995}}). Even when the season reference is unambiguous (for instance when a particular location is clearly involved) a date or month may be preferable to a season name, unless there is a logical connection ({{xt|the autumn harvest}}). Season names are preferable, however, when they refer to a phase of the natural yearly cycle ({{xt|migration to higher latitudes typically starts in mid-spring}}).
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| − | * Season names are not normally capitalized.
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| − | * '''Years'''
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| − | ** Years are normally expressed in digits; a comma is not used in four-digit years ({{xt|1988}}, not {{!xt|1,988}}).
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| − | ** A slash may be used to indicate regular defined yearly periods that do not coincide with calendar years ({{xt|the financial year 1993/94}}).
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| − | * '''Decades''' contain no apostrophe ({{xt|the 1980s}}, not {{!xt|the 1980's}}); the two-digit form is used only where the century is clear ({{xt|the '80s}} or {{xt|the 80s}}).
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