On Fri, 04 Mar 2011 16:21:47 -0500, Nick Dokos <nicholas.do...@hp.com> wrote: > Milan Zamazal <p...@zamazal.org> wrote: > > The dots are not separators, they mark ordinal numbers. And at least > > here in Czech Republic the correct typeset form is e.g. "4. 3. 2011" > > although the compact form "4.3.2011" is often used. > > > > Interesting - I never thought of that. So I take it that if the year is left > out (implying the current year), the trailing dot is included because it > is significant: the fourth day of the third month - is that correct?
Same in German. When you pronounce "3.4.", you'd say "dritter vierter", i.e. third (of) fourth.
