Common component of a date (5)

I believe the answer is:

comma

(Other definitions for comma that I've seen before include "List-item separator" , "I signal a break" , "shortest interval" , "Mark for smallest division of a sentence" , "Puncuation mark" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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