dates

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written form	spoken form
July 18 1999	UK July the eighteenth, nineteen ninety-nine US July eighteenth, nineteen ninety-nine
18 July 1999	the eighteenth of July, nineteen ninety-nine
18/07/99 or 18/7/99 or 18.7.99 (UK)	the eighteenth of the seventh, ninety-nine or eighteen, seven, ninety-nine
07/18/99 or 7/18/99 (US)	seven, eighteen, ninety nine

Sometimes when writing the full date, people use the forms 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 18th, 31st etc. This is becoming old-fashioned