This is a sideline, but an interesting one, I think..

How would you say:

"I'm on holiday from 1st September"

[non-US (well, Brit, anyway)]
"I'm on holiday from 01/09/02"

[US+ (at least)]
"I'm on holiday from 09/01/02"

Specifically, where do the ofs and thes magically appear, and which bits get translated and/or expanded?