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Yes. The 27th, or the 27th of February.

To us, US English seems to skip a lot of the small joining words of various flavours.

Well you're actually saying "the 27th day of the month of February" and removing some of the small joining words of various flavors. :) /s

On the Twenty Sixth day of the Month of February in the Year of Our Lord Twenty Hundreds and Twenty and One, lo did rswail post.