Although this format may be abbreviated in a number of ways, almost all Swedish date notations state the month between the year and the day.
In Sweden, the ISO 8601 standard is followed in most written Swedish, but older forms remain.
Dates are generally and officially written in the form YYYY-MM-DD, for instance 2001-08-31 for 31 August 2001, or using the full format (31 augusti 2001).
The common trait for all Swedish date notations is that the month (August or 8) always is between the year (01) and the day (31st).
Time is usually rounded to the nearest multiple of 5, 15, or 20 minutes depending on context.
Examples of ways of expressing time in spoken Swedish, translated: As indicated, the word for "minutes" is usually left out.