Dates in text should have a number rather than an ordinal.
April 6 (not April 6th)
Punctuate common forms of dates as follows:
April 1967 (no comma) April 6, 1967 (comma after day of month; insert comma after year as well in running text) 1968–1972 (en dash) May–June 1967 (en dash) 1965– (en dash for open-ended date) fiscal year 1958/59 (eliminate century in the second year if it is the same) school year 2004/05 (same as fiscal year) association year 2004/05 (same as fiscal year) 1970s (no apostrophe) the ’70s (apostrophe before year)
For months, use the following forms in references in all publications; do not follow with a period.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
In MLA “Employment Opportunities,” use month/date/year format with numerals.
Use numerals, unless the year is at the beginning of a sentence. When referring to a decade, never use an apostrophe before the “s.”