DD/MM/YYYY

Units & Measurements abbreviation · Time

DD/MM/YYYY
Stands forDay/month/year (date format)
CategoriesUnits & Measurements

DD/MM/YYYY stands for Day/month/year (date format), a time abbreviation.

The little-endian numeric date order used in the UK, Ireland, most of Europe, Latin America, India, Australia and much of Africa and Asia: 07/04/2026 means 7 April 2026.

Example: Applicants must give their date of birth as DD/MM/YYYY on the visa form.

Usage notes

Separators vary by country: slashes in the UK and India, dots in Germany and Russia (07.04.2026) and hyphens in the Netherlands (07-04-2026). Misreading DD/MM as MM/DD is a common cause of booking, shipping and data-import errors when American and international systems exchange dates.

More time abbreviations

  • BCE – Before the Common Era
  • BP – Before Present
  • CE – Common Era
  • CY – Calendar year
  • d – Day
  • DD – Day (two-digit, in date formats)
  • FY – Fiscal year
  • h – Hour
  • H1 – First half
  • H2 – Second half
  • hh:mm:ss – Hours:minutes:seconds
  • hr – Hour

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