tanggal

Tanggal is a term used in Indonesian and Malay to denote a calendar date or the day of the month. It is employed to specify a point in time within a month and year and is used in both everyday language and formal writing.

In everyday usage, tanggal is combined with a month and year to express a specific date, for example, "12 Maret 2024" or "12-03-2024." Common phrases include tanggal lahir (date of birth), tanggal peristiwa (date of event), and tanggal kadaluarsa (expiration date). The term covers both written and spoken forms, from full dates to abbreviated forms in forms and documents.

For formal and international contexts, date formats often adhere to the ISO 8601 standard, which uses the year-month-day order (YYYY-MM-DD) to avoid ambiguity in data exchange and official records. In domestic Indonesian contexts, the day-month-year format (DD-MM-YYYY) is widely used, sometimes with the month written in full or abbreviated.

Dates can be expressed in various styles depending on formality, medium, and audience, ranging from natural language expressions like "tanggal tujuh belas Agustus dua riba dua belas" to compact numeric forms. The concept of tanggal is distinct from time, though both elements are commonly used together in scheduling, planning, and documentation. Overall, tanggal serves as a fundamental unit for recording and communicating temporal information within Indonesian and Malay-speaking communities.