Mar 28, 2008 · Besides "date" having several meanings, it sounds kind of like "day", and the idea of a calendar date is just a little more abstract than the idea of a day of the week.

Feb 22, 2014 · For me, with the date alone, the is not optional. 'What day is today?'; 'It's the 22nd'. I usually put the month after the day; again the is not optional. 'What day is today'; 'It's the …

Dec 12, 2014 · If you want to confront your husband, wife or partner over forgetting your anniversary to see if you can remember. What day is today? What date is today? Which one …

In “What day is today?” “today” is acting as a predicate nominative that completes a linking verb and renames the noun “day.” The answer is usually “Today is…” our anniversary, …

Jan 20, 2012 · To date, our charity has distributed 27,000 meals to the hungry. The main difference is that "to date" strongly suggests that whatever you are counting, or doing, or have, …

Apr 20, 2013 · To ask just the date, then your question "What is the date of the football match" is correct. If you want to know both the time and the date, then you need to say something like …

Feb 20, 2020 · "As at today / as at now" isn't something we say; "to date" doesn't fit this context. "Right now" and "currently" are correct. But I have often seen the expression "As at + a given …

Sep 18, 2025 · Learn how to write the date in English, including the formats in different countries and calendar systems.

Nov 25, 2013 · If you ask "What day is it today", the answer would probably be something like "Monday". It might possibly be "Christmas Day", but it's a little unlikely (in my opinion) that in …

Jul 1, 2005 · I have a special friend in Ireland who always spells words like "today, tonight, tomorrow" etc. with a hyphen: to-day, to-night, to-morrow. Is this a special Irish habit or just an …