payment due on 9th November 2005 vs payment due 9th November 2005

You do need the on.

I think "9th November 2005" is a supplement for the word "due", which elaborate the due date is "9th November 2005".

I think both are correct

thanks nona the brit, but I am still not sure as another user said both are correct..

could you explain a bit more, nona the brit?

any others can help me?

Nona, please excuse my butting in... "On" is a preposition. Whenever you state a date, you need that preposition before the date, "on 9th November". You can of course say "the due date for the payment was 9th November", "9th November" is a predicate, so you don't need the "on"

How about...

The payment due by 9th November 2005 has not been attended to.

Savvy

Hi,

Omission of 'on' is quite common here in N. America, in business English.

To those who are arguing that the 'on' is required, I would suggest that in formal grammar the date should be written as the ninth of November, 2005. Once you compress the date, it seems to me, it's hard to argue forcibly against further compressing the expression by omitting 'on'.

Best wishes,