The following table summarizes the main date and time formats used in
different countries.
| Country/language
| Date format
| Time format
| Date example
| Time example
|
| Russia
| DD.MM.YYYY
| HH:MI:SS
| 26.01.1993
| 18:24:00
|
| USA
| MM-DD-YYYY
| HH:MI:SS
| 01-26-1993
| 18:24:00
|
| International English
| DD-MM-YYYY
| HH:MI:SS
| 26-01-1993
| 18:24:00
|
| Great Britain
| DD/MM/YYYY
| HH:MI:SS
| 26/01/1993
| 18:24:00
|
| German
| DD.MM.YYYY
| HH:MI:SS
| 26.01.1993
| 18:24:00
|
| Belgium
| DD/MM/YYYY
| HH:MI:SS
| 26/01/1993
| 18:24:00
|
| Brazil
| DD/MM/YYYY
| HH:MI:SS
| 26/01/1993
| 18:24:00
|
| Hungary
| YYYY-MM-DD
| HH:MI:SS
| 1993-01-26
| 18:24:00
|
| Denmark
| DD-MM-YYYY
| HH.MI.SS
| 26-01-1993
| 18.24.00
|
| Italy
| DD/MM/YYYY
| HH.MI.SS
| 26/01/1993
| 18.24.00
|
| Spain
| DD/MM/YYYY
| HH:MI:SS
| 26/01/1993
| 18:24:00
|
| Canada (French)
| YYYY-MM-DD
| HH:MI:SS
| 1993-01-26
| 18:24:00
|
| Latin America
| DD/MM/YYYY
| HH:MI:SS
| 26/01/1993
| 18:24:00
|
| Netherlands
| DD-MM-YYYY
| HH:MI:SS
| 26-01-1993
| 18:24:00
|
| Norway
| DD.MM.YYYY
| HH:MI:SS
| 26.01.1993
| 18:24:00
|
| Poland
| YYYY-MM-DD
| HH:MI:SS
| 1993-01-26
| 18:24:00
|
| Portugal
| DD-MM-YYYY
| HH:MI:SS
| 26-01-1993
| 18:24:00
|
| Serbia/Yugoslavia
| DD.MM.YYYY
| HH.MI.SS
| 26.01.1993
| 18.24.00
|
| Slovakia
| YYYY-MM-DD
| HH:MI:SS
| 1993-01-26
| 18:24:00
|
| Slovenia
| YYYY-MM-DD
| HH:MI:SS
| 1993-01-26
| 18:24:00
|
| Finland
| YYYY-MM-DD
| HH.MI.SS
| 1993-01-26
| 18.24.00
|
| France
| DD.MM.YYYY
| HH:MI:SS
| 26.01.1993
| 18:24:00
|
| Czech
| YYYY-MM-DD
| HH:MI:SS
| 1993-01-26
| 18:24:00
|
| Switzerland
| DD.MM.YYYY
| HH,MI,SS
| 26.01.1993
| 18,24,00
|
| Sweden
| YYYY-MM-DD
| HH.MI.SS
| 1993-01-26
| 18.24.00
|