Location of day of week in non-U.S. long format dates?

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In the United States, the long/expanded/full form of a date with day of the week is:

Monday, February 24, 2014

I understand in other countries the long date form is often:

24 February 2014

So where does the day of week go with this format and is there a comma between the month day and day of week?

Could you make clearer how this is an English language and usage question and why a general reference does not address this? — virmaior, Feb 24 '14 at 05:08
@virmaior: point me to the general reference that covers this and I will be on my way. Searching I have come across countless examples of day month year vs month day, year but not discussing day of week. — User, Feb 24 '14 at 05:15
@virmaior: I fail to see how my question is qualitatively different from: What is the best format to use when writing out dates? — User, Feb 24 '14 at 06:17
It looks like day of week is not generally included in British format. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Date_and_time_representation_by_country — virmaior, Feb 24 '14 at 17:02
@virmaior: hence my question as surely they must use it sometimes — User, Feb 26 '14 at 23:58

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 24 '14 at 06:17

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It would also be at the beginning: Monday, 24 February 2014. I don't have a reference for you, but if you read enough BBC news articles, you'll come across it eventually.

answered Feb 24 '14 at 06:17

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 04 '15 at 19:27

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The 7th bullet here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar_date#Gregorian.2C_day-month-year_.28DMY.29

"Sunday, 8 November 2003"

answered Jan 04 '15 at 19:27

Billy Jo

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Location of day of week in non-U.S. long format dates?

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