Date and time notation in Ukraine

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In Ukraine, dates are usually written in "day month year" (DMY) order.{{Cite web |last=Voitsekhovych |first=Ivanna |date=2020-06-22 |title=How to Write Dates in Ukrainian + Useful Time Expressions |url=https://www.ukrainianlessons.com/dates-in-ukrainian/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Ukrainian Lessons |language=en-US}} This order is used in both the all-numeric date (for example "{{lang|uk|27.05.19}}") and the expanded form (for example "{{lang|uk|27 травня 2019 р.}}"; the trailing "р." is short for "рік" ("year"). Single-digit numbers for day or month usually have a preceding zero (for example "{{lang|uk|27.05.2019}}").{{Cite web |title=Date/Time Charts: Ukrainian |url=https://www.unicode.org/cldr/cldr-aux/charts/29/verify/dates/uk.html |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=www.unicode.org}} When saying the date, it is usually pronounced using the ordinal number of the day first, then the month (for example "{{lang|uk|двадцять сьомого травня}}"). Monday is the first day of the week.

For time, 24-hour notation is used almost exclusively, with a colon as the standardized and recommended separator (e.g. 18:56). In spoken or informal Ukrainian,{{Cite web |title=Countries that Use 12-Hour Time 2024 |url=https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/countries-that-use-12-hour-time |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=worldpopulationreview.com}} 12-hour notation may be used, but is not recommended. In general, no AM/PM specification is used, so this information is expected to be gained from context. Another difference from English is that half-hours are counted up to next hour: {{lang|uk|"половина восьмої"}}, literally “half of the eighth” means 7:30, not 8:30.{{Citation needed|date=February 2025}}