Dates in Polish ( examples )

In Polish we say: day, month, year.

In English you say: month, day, year.

For example ( in Polish ):

23.05.1979r. = 23 maja 1979 roku
17.01.1983r. = 17 stycznia 1983 roku

In English:

11.14.1928 = November 14, 1928
03.15.2002 = March 15, 2002

Not always true.
You stated "American English" . In Australia is always day-month-year
eg: 23.05.2007 = 23 May 2007 or 23rd of May 2007

In the State if you work for a government agency and the military it the same way.

In England it's day-month-year.............today is sunday the 11th of march 2006.

thats English English.............:) :)

wozzy, please don't jump on me for this.

Sunday 11th March 2007

In Polish you might also see something like this: 11 - III - 2007

Thats interesting first time i've seen that, do the roman numerals follow throughout the whole year?

Yes.
We have:

Styczeń = January = I
Luty = Februrary = II
Marzec = March = III
Kwiecień = April = IV
Maj = May = V
Czerwiec = June = VI
Lipiec = July = VII
Sierpień = August = VIII
Wrzesień = September = IX
Październik = October = X
Listopad = November = XI
Grudzień = December = XII

In English the month comes after the day of the week. Really, Kidnapped from which book have you taken all this?

I think it might help to summerise:

Polish DD.MM.YYYY
American MM.DD.YYYY
Australian DD.MM.YYYY
English DD.MM.YYYY

How would you say; On the 25th of December 1870?

i am pretty sure this is it...
dwudziestego piątego grudnia tysiąc siedemset siedemdziesiątego

A slight change:


tysiąc osiemset siedemdziesiątego roku.

i'm sure that sort of mistake will cost me money in future!

How do you place days of the week in the date? For example, as I learned in America, English dates (w/ days of weeks) are like this:

Saturday, May 23, 2009

How is that in Polish?

Sobota, 23 maj, 2009 r.

sobota, 23 maja, 2009

maj - nominative

23 maja - short for 23 dzień maja (just like in English I suppose)

23th day of May

maja is genetive in this case (of maj obviously)

what does "roku" mean?

year, as in
tysiąc osiemdziesiątego roku
=1980

It means 6 in Japanese :)

It is a changed form of rok, which means year in Polish.

Thats interesting first time i've seen that, do the roman numerals follow throughout the whole year?

Why do you write English in such a slovenly way? Languages too have the right to be treated correctly.
Sincerely, Hawi

I think

tysiąc dziewięćset ośiemdziesiątego roku

is correct!