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Basque dates have different formats. Mikel has to check a recent thesis at IXA group on the subject.

They also depend on whether numbers or letters are used for days and years.

Jim says: [year]eko [month]aren [day]a(n) seems to be the most common, and he guesses other postpositions are possible.

They are! Maiatzaren 10eko

Examples:

1926ko apirilaren 21a : 21 de abril de 1926

and

1926ko apirilaren 21an : el 21 de abril de 1926

So:

YYYY(e)ko MM(a)ren DD+article[+postpositions]

(possible postpositions: -an (inessive), -ko (genitive locative), -ra (adlative), -tik (ablative))

There is an alternative form to date a document:

Maiatzak 3, 2011 (uses ergative)

There are also variations on punctuation.

Here is what the standard says: Data nola adierazi

I have to research this better --Mlforcada

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 So:
-YYYYko MM(a)ren DD+article[+postpositions]
+YYYY(e)ko MM(a)ren DD+article[+postpositions]
-(possible postpositions: -an (inessive), -ko (genitive locative), -ra (adlative))
+(possible postpositions: -an (inessive), -ko (genitive locative), -ra (adlative), -tik (ablative))
-There is an alternative form:
+There is an alternative form to date a document:
 Maiatzak 3, 2011 (uses ergative)
+There are also variations on punctuation.
-I have to research this better --[[User:Mlforcada|Mlforcada]] 15:12, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
+Here is what the standard says: [http://www.euskaltzaindia.net/dok/arauak/Araua_0037.pdf Data nola adierazi ]
+There is a wikipedia page: http://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data
+I have to research this better --[[User:Mlforcada|Mlforcada]]
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