Date and time notation in Denmark
According to the official rules in Retskrivningsordbogen,[3] there shall not be zeros before 1 and 5 in the date 1.5.2006, but it is quite common with them: 01.05.2006.[4] Days and months are written in lower case, often beginning with the definite article "den" (or abbreviated "d."), e.g. "mandag(,) d. 4. januar" ("Monday the 4th of January").[3] Week numbering is also very common both written and orally, albeit less so in private life.ISO 8601 has been adopted as Danish national standard DS/ISO 8601,[5] but it is not widely used.In spoken language, a mixture of the two systems are used: This Denmark-related article is a stub.