Jimmy Wales said:
2 March 2003 is logical, natural to speech, and (so long as the month name is used) unambiguous.
I asked this question on a talk page, and I'm basically just ignorant on this issue: is '2 March 2003' natural to speech?
Americans almost never speak that way. We would say "March the Second, Two Thousand and Three" or "March Second, Two Thousand and Three". We would never say "Two March Two Thousand and Three".
--Jimbo
I'm in England and I would say: Second of March, Two Thousand and Three.
sannse