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looks bad to start en essay with a shortcut, and shortcuts should really be secondary to an explanation of what it is
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Wikipedia's [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers#Dates, months and years|guidelines for formatting dates]] ([[MOS:DATEFORMAT]]) setsset out the three date formats acceptable for use in Wikipedia articles, namely:
 
*'''Day–month–year''' (DMY) format—e.g., {{xt|{{#time:j F Y}}}} or {{xt|{{#time:j M Y}}}};