how to Read date ?

Hello everybod,
I wonder What is the rule for reading some dates like 1700/3/3 , 1900/3/3 ,... and for example
2105/2/2

This is how I would say them (I'm American).

1700/3/3 - March Third Seventeen Hundred
1900/3/3 - March Third Nineteen Hundred
2105/2/2 - February Second Twenty One Oh Five

I'd say (I'm Australian) and I'd say "the third of March seventeen hundred" etc.

You could get all futuristic and say "Twenty-one oh-five -- March the third. Try to give it that oh-so-serious Captain Kirk intonation, and make sure you pause between the year and the date. ;)

To me, today is the fifteenth of April twenty-oh-six.

To me, it's April Fifteenth two thousand six.

I would say: 1900/3/3 as Nineteen hundred oh-three-oh-three, and 2105-03-05 as twenty-one oh five, oh-three, oh-five. I do this for all date formats as long as they include the year, 14/09/05 I read as 2005 oh-nine fourteen, and September 4, 2006 I say as: two-thousand-six oh-nine, oh-four.

Where are you from Chris coz I've never heard it said like that before. Sounds kool like.

"The Second of Febuary Two Thousand One Hundred and Five." (though by that time people will probably say "One Hundred and five", the Two Thousand being a given)
Today is The Fifteenth of April Two Thousand and Six,
lets say it was 25/01/2036 I would say The Twenty Fifth of January Twenty Thirty Six. (my 50th birthday!)

Thats how it works for me. This new millenium is going to take some getting used to.

<I'd say (I'm Australian) and I'd say "the third of March seventeen hundred" etc.>

Same as Jim - (I'm from New Zealand)

How much do you all think how a date is written influences how you say it? Seems like we had this discussion recently on another thread, that Americans may write things month/day/year, but we say them however we want.

is the "the" before the date a must??

"is the "the" before the date a must?? "
Not really, just the way we say it over here, probably a throw back to when we all said "The year of our lord"

When to use or not use "the":

Use it for:

March the third
The third of March


Don't use it for:

March third

thanks