Quick answer
Dates use the genitive of the month: пя́тое ма́я (the fifth of May). Months are never capitalised.
Winter and spring
Summer and autumn
Saying a date
How dates work
All months in -ь are masculine
From янва́рь to дека́брь, every month ending in -ь is masculine — a rare case where the soft sign is predictable.
Typical mistakes
В Май
В ма́е
Lower case, and в takes the prepositional.
пя́тое май
пя́тое ма́я
The month goes into the genitive in a date.
Check yourself
How do you say “the fifth of May”?