according to MLA formatting rules, the publication date of a newspaper article should be formatted as
A. day, month, year.
B. year, day, month.
C. year, month, day.
D. month, day, year.
The correct option is A. Publication date is part of the information that one is required to insert when writing references for newspaper in MLA style. The date format is day, followed by the month and then the year, e.g: 28 August. 2017.