How to write the date

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Knowing how to write the date correctly is important. After all, you want people to show up at your event on the day you expect them! Test your knowledge by seeing if you can choose the correctly written date in the questions below.

1. What's the correct way to write the date in numbers if you're referring to the fifth day of June in the year 2017?
2. How do you write the date on which New Year's Day falls?
3. The cross-country ski event was scheduled for Placeholder for the answer.
4. Alana and Sean got married in Placeholder for the answer.
5. The concert will take place on Placeholder for the answer.
6. You must send in your entry form before Placeholder for the answer to take part in the contest.
7. The Oktoberfest Festival lasted from Placeholder for the answer.
  
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