The numerals with endings are merely abbreviations for the words written out as text. When in doubt, write the word out. Thirty-first becomes 31st, eleventh 11th, forty-second 42nd, fiftieth 50th, and so on.

If you can spare some more space, maybe some spaces would be fine to make a clearer reading: 01 JAN 1923 - 31 DEC 1986. Another detail could be turning all those caps in month names to normal capitalization, as in 01 Jan 1923 - 31 Dec 1986. You could even drop the leading 0s 1 Jan 1923 - 31 Dec 1986.

Dec 9, 2010 · By most definitions, the date changes at midnight. That is, at the precise stroke of 12:00:00. That time, along with 12:00:00 noon, are technically neither AM or PM because AM and PM mean "ante-meridiem" and "post-meridiem", and noon and midnight are neither ante- …

Jan 3, 2013 · They are both correct but mean different things in different situations. As of May 16 indicates the start of something; from that time on, while as on May 16 is completely different.

Mar 1, 2015 · In practice, they mean the same thing. If you want to be very (very) precise, the first sentence could be construed to mean that the doctor ceased caring for the patient at some point on the 19th, while the second sentence means that …

Sep 28, 2022 · From "Trial of the Wilkinsons: Lawyers Descend to Personalities," in the New-York Tribune (January 31, 1886): Conrad Loos, one of the depositors in the broken bank, said that he had a conversation with Alfred Wilkinson in regard to …

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May 13, 2017 · And from "The Books of 1884," in The Publisher's Weekly (January 31, 1885): The late Dr. Ewer's sermons were issued in book-form, with the title "Sanctity and Other Sermons;" a selection of Talmage's most important sermons is embraced in the "Brooklyn Tabernacle ;" and some choice words of Beecher's in "Comforting Thoughts." Savage's "Beliefs ...

Oct 1, 2019 · In my opinion "starting on" and "till" don't really go together so I wouldn't use option 1. The phrasing "on leave from X till Y" can be misinterpreted to mean that Y will be your first day back at work, so I wouldn't use option 3 without adding "(inclusive)".

Aug 23, 2014 · @WS2 In speech, very nearly always. In writing, much less so. I think what may be going on is that one just assumes that “June 1” is pronounced “June First”, or “4 July” as “the Fourth of July”.