The Government of Canada advises using the ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format for all-numeric dates in both English and French. This is also the date format specified by the Standards Council of Canada. In Quebec, the standard way to write the date in French is with the year first, then month and day separately: "2017-05-15". In other provinces, it's common to omit the year when writing dates in French: "Le 15 mai 2017" or "15 mai 2017". Dates are written as numbers on a calendar page in France. The number 1 indicates January, the number 2 February, etc. So, the date 15 March has the numeric value 30. Americans may see the date 15 March but believe that it is 2015 because we count from the year America entered the war, not from its founding in 1776 as many other countries do. French Canadians use the same date format as in France. They count from January 1st instead of December 31st like most Americans. Dates can be found almost everywhere in Canada. They are usually written in some form of numerals on an official document. You should know how to read them if you come across any dates during your travels.