It was December 17th
Can we use "It's" as a short form of "It was" here?

Thanks.

Question

It was December 17th
Can we use "It's" as a short form of "It was" here?

Thanks.

Answer

No, I'm afraid you can't. 'It was' has no short form. You have to say 'It was' in full.

'It's' can be either 'It is' or 'It has', but nothing else.

Answer

"It's" means only "it is".  Not "it was" or "it has " or anything else.

Answer

Maybe no,but 'it has' is ok