Learn English – “Published on …” or “Published …”

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So, in an article on a web-page, I want to provide information about the date when the article was published. I am not sure if there should be an "on" after the word "published".

Article title…

Published…

Article text…

So, below the article title, should I write:

Published on January 1st 2012

or

Published January 1st 2012

?

Best Answer

You can use either:

Published on 14th Jan 2012

or

Published: 14th Jan 2012

as @incognito and @Irene have already highlighted.

But since you are making a web page, I think its better in stick to the convention used by most.

Wordpress uses posted on , as you can see:

Wordpress uses "posted on"

While both Facebook, Blogger and Typepad just mention the date, in a slightly faded font:

Blogger just mentions the date

Overall, I think just mentioning the date in a slightly faded or smaller font is more popular among web-sites, so I think you should adopt this convention.

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