How to Say “What’s the date today?” in Japanese

How do you say “What’s the date today?” in Japanese?

Today’s phrase is :

What’s the date today?

今日何日だっけ?

 kyou* nannichi dakke

If you want to ask politely, you can say :

今日何日でしたっけ?

 kyou* nannichi deshitakke

*We do not clearly pronounce the vowels at the end of a word. We pronounce “kyou” like “kyō”.

Pronunciation

  • what’s …? = … は何? wa nani
  • the date = 日付 hizuke
  • today = 今日の kyouno

The literal translation of “What’s the date today?” is “今日の日付は何?(kyouno hizukewa nani)”, but you can simply say “今日何日だっけ?” which sounds more natural.


今日
today

何日
what’s the date