日記通常用一般過去時敘述，英文日記格式和中文日記稍有區別。中文日記格式先寫日期，再寫星期幾，最後寫天氣。英文日記格式則先寫星期，再寫日期，對於天氣，英語國家人士已經很少寫. 星期和日期寫在左上角，天氣寫在右上角
日期格式用月日年(美式)或日月年(英式)都可以
1. 年、月、日都寫時，通常以月、日、年爲順序，月份可以縮寫，日和年用逗號隔開。例如：December 18, 2003或者Dec. 18, 2003。
2. 如果要寫星期，星期要緊挨日期，它既可以放在日期前面，也可以放在日期後面，星期也可以省略不寫。星期和日期之間不用標點，但要空一格，星期也可縮寫。例如：Thursday Dec. 18, 2003或Dec.18，2003 Thursday
3. 天氣情況必不可少。天氣一般用一個形容詞如:Sunny, Fine, Rainy, Snowy等表示。天氣通常位於日記的右上角。
下面是一篇關於英語日記範文。
January 18, 2011 Friday Sunny
I am free now as I am spending my winter holiday.
Although we have some homework, we can finish them in several days. And the rest time we can make good use of. My god! We have been very tired after hard studying. In winter holidays, I want to have full sleep and eat good food in order to replenish myself. Last but not the least, I will have a good rest.
I have rested for a week. I began to feel bored. So I went out with my friends. They are my best friends in the middle school. We didn’t go to someplace special. We just saw the other. We had lunch together. While we were having lunch, we were still talking about the new school and new friends. Yes! A year later, we have grown riper. And we learned much more things and got new life. We haven’t enough time to play, to waste and to lose the way. We only have two years. Two years to go, we will get the real life which belongs to us.
小學生英語日記格式二：
日記一：It is very hot and wet today and is called sauna weather.
During my mom did the cooking in the kitchen, I saw her head was sweaty.I told her I could help her and she accepted.
After cooking,we were all sweaty ver, mum and I all felt happy. She said I was growing up and became her good assistant.
翻譯：今天天氣很熱，被稱爲桑拿天。媽媽做飯的時候我看到她滿頭大汗，我就說幫助她做飯，她同意了我的請求。
做完飯以後，我們都變得滿頭大汗，但是我們都很高興。她說我已經長大，變成她最好的助手了。
日記二：
Today and friends of foreign travel, outside air is very good, people feel very comfortable. We all appreciate the fine girls bicycles. We enjoyed the beautiful nature brought. We happily spent a happy day. 今天和朋友一起出外交遊，外面的空氣很好，人感覺很舒服。我們騎着自行車一路欣賞鳥語花香。享受着大自然帶給我們的無限美好。大家開開心心地度過了愉快的一天。
日記三：Today Mailehaoduo clothes, and parents take to the streets is happy, the parents have to pay to buy things. Unlike in their street to buy things they like to take a long time but saw the price, Ha-ha, is really very happy. I love my parents, I too thank them for the care and love. `` 今天買了好多衣服，和父母上街就是愉快，買東西有父母幫付錢。不像平時自己上街買東西碰到喜歡的但看了價錢都要考慮好久，呵呵，真的是很開心。我愛我的'父母，太感謝他們對我的關心和愛戴了。``
日記四：
Date: October 1, 2008, Wednesday, the weather sunny
: Today is National Day, a major day, I and my friends on tourism, the morning we went to East Lake Park, at noon in the picnic under the trees, postprandial Boat Tour East Lake, we were very pleased. After coming ashore, encountered some foreign friends, and they notice, in English and talk to them, they boast that we have a good English. We and they became friends
On this day, have really happy!
日期：2008年10月1日，星期三，天氣晴
內容：今天是國慶節，一個重大的日子，我和朋友們外出旅遊，我們上午去了東湖公園，中午在樹下野餐，餐後划船遊覽東湖，我們非常高興。上岸後，遇到了一些外國朋友，與他們打招呼，有英語和他們交談，他們誇我們的英語說的好。我們和他們成爲了朋友
這一天，過的真開心呀!
日記五
2008年3月2日
今天是雙休日，我在家裏寫作業，咳!今天的風好舒服，我猶如回到了春天，雖然春天還沒到!溫暖的風，讓我的心情很舒暢，我寫着作業，心裏很愉快!～明天就要考試了，我得好好複習，一定要拿個高分來回報父母和老師!～
on March 2, 2008 today is a two-day weekend, I at home write the work, coughs! Today's wind good comfortable, I just liked returned the spring, although the spring has not had! The warm wind, lets my mood be very happy, I am writing the work, is very at heart happy! ~ must take a test tomorrow, I must review well, certainly must take a high score to repay the parents and teacher! ~
日記六：
My Lovely Father
I have a busy father . He works in a big office . He has a big company.
He is busy every day . He has many thing to do . He has no time to go home for lunch . He gets home at 7:00 p.m . At home he does the housework. He cooks nice dishes for mother and me .
On weekends , he often goes to the park with me times he goes to swim with me ,too. I like to stay with my father .
He is a good father , he is also a happy business man