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How would you write the date for a journal entry? i.e. "February 23rd:"

I know it's "month 1, month 2...etc" but not sure about how to write the day and there are two entries for "day of month" in the dictionaries.

Would it be: "二月, 二十三号" or "二月, 二十三日"

What's the difference?

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Both 號 and 日 can be used. 日 is more formal. (Also, I think most writers would omit the comma.)

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From what I've seen, 號 is less formal, and 日 is used more often for moon calender dates. Arabic numbers are used, not Chinese ones. Commas are not used.

2010年2月23號.

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Arabic numbers are used, not Chinese ones. Commas are not used.

How the numbers are written really depends on the individual, especially if you don't write the year. I think most people will not write 二零一零年二月二十三日, but 二月二十三日 or 二月廿三日 is not uncommon. I wrote some of my blog this way, like this one. Commas are not used.

When I write a date I use 日. I do not use 號 in writing.

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