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Rule "Missing comma between day of month and year"

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Description: Missing comma between day of month and year
Message: Commas set off the year in a month-day-year date.
Category: Punctuation (ID: PUNCTUATION)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/date-formats/#commas-in-dates
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • My birthday is October 18 1983.
    Correction suggestion: October 18,
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • He died on April 1, 1888.
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: MISSING_COMMA_BETWEEN_DAY_AND_YEAR [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-05-03 22:33:08 +0200)