People don't know how to write a date anymore

[Doyoumind]

25th of July is trending on Twitter (gyms opening). Where the hell has this come from? It's 25th July

But in speech you absolutely do say the 25th of July.

I write the date as 25 July. I never put th or st or rd

I was taught to type back in the late 1980’s and even then it was considered old fashioned to use th st rd.

Yes, you say it with the of but never write it with the of.

Is this really a hill to die on? Let alone waste a on it.

People (for years ) have routinely used:
July 25th
25th July
25.07
25.7
25/07
25/7
etc...

There’s hardly one standard way.

Chill your beans!

I put the ‘of’ in even though I know it’s wrong rebel

Who on earth gives a shit about this

I thought imagine writing a thread like this

Yet here I am posting in it

It's not a hill to die on at all. Perhaps I should have put this in pedants' corner where it would have been welcomed.

I agree it’s one for pendants.

Perhaps its a reaction against all the Americans who actually say "July twenty-fifth"

As long as they’re not referring to it as 7/25 I can’t get worked up about it

There's way more to worry about in the world

Is this all you have to worry about😮

The grammar of social media usually abides by spoken grammar, not written grammar. Therefore, "25th of July" is correct.

I totally agree OP, ‘the’ and ‘of’ in dates immediately changes my opinion of the writer!

It's only in England anyway

Where does this rule come from and where is it written down?

www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/time-date.htm

It's 25th July

BBC - 25 July
Guardian - 25 July
Economist - 25 July
Oxford - 25 July
Cambridge - 25 July
UK Gov - 25 July
Wikipedia - 25 July

I can't find a single style guide for 25th July - who does it?

And "4th of July" is very commonly written of course.

Yes, you say it with the of but never write it with the of

According to who?

It's Twitter, I don't think there's a style guide!

So twenty-fifth of July is OK but 25th of July is not? Seems hideously petty to be TBH.

It's Twitter, I don't think there's a style guide!

Of there is... of course there is! Generally curated by the sort of crazy people who enjoy policing others speech.

Currently a bargain at 2 quid... no kindle version weirdly.
www.amazon.co.uk/140-Characters-Style-Guide-Short/dp/0470556137?tag=mumsnetforu03-21

Don't you mean July 25....JK

25 July looks so ugly. 25th, 23rd, 21st is where it’s at.