What was the ancient way of saying year, month and day?

The stem-and-branch method of dating. For example, "five people's tombstones": "I still remember the Zhou Gong was arrested, in Ding Mao in March of the hope." "Ding Mao" refers to 1627 AD; "Huanghuagang seventy-two martyrs" preface: "the death of the tragedy, to Xinhai March 29 siege of the two Canton Governor's Office for the most." Xinhai" refers to 1911 AD; "and his wife's book" "Xinwei March read six nights and four drums", "Xinwei" should be Xinhai. In recent times, it is also commonly used to indicate major historical events, such as the "Sino-Japanese War", "Hundred Days' Reform", "Gengzi Reparations", "Xinchou Treaty "Xinhai Revolution". Ancient dating methods: ① Ancient dating method: there are dry and branched dating method, the emperor's chronology of the chronology of the law, the princes of the chronology of the law, the chronology of the year and the dry and branched at the same time. ② Ancient method of the month: stem and branch of the month is used to remember the earth's branches. (3) the ancient solar calendar: there are stem and branch solar calendar.　　Ten heavenly stems: A B C D E H G S N K, twelve earthly branches: Zi ugly Yin Mao Chen Si Wu Wei Shen.