It’s almost time to say happy new year and good riddance to 2023, so here’s how to write about dates and years in 2024.

This is based on the Australian government’s style manual and the most common usage that I’ve seen over the past few years as an editor of digital content.

The longest day of the year is fast approaching… or on the other side of the world, their shortest day of the world! So I thought we’d talk about how to write dates and days correctly in business writing.

(Image source: AI artwork of cats sitting next to window, watching fireworks, generated using Gencraft.com.)