From something I edited:
"In the February, 2007, edition of the New York Times..."
The writer had the right idea, sort of. If you are doing a full date (for example, February 14, 2009), then you do need the commas around the year:
"In the February 14, 2009, edition of the New York Times..."
You're enclosing the 2009 within commas. Commas often go in pairs. Only one comma is lonely and incorrect:
"In the February 14, 2009 edition of the New York Times..."
If you don't have the date with the month, then you don't need commas:
"In the February 2007 edition of the New York Times..."
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I think the phrase should read "in a February 2007 edition of the New York Times" (for this particular case) since the New York Times is a daily publication, not monthly. (Unless, of course, I'm wrong.)
Of course you're right and I'm not perfect. Waaaaaaah!
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