早几天看到一位网友提问：“去年五月”是 in May of next year 还是 in the May of next year，所讨论的是 May 前面加不加定冠词。但我今天在人教版高中英语选修八第83页看到这样一句：
On February 17th of the next year they eventually came to what all archaeologists dream of—an unopened tomb of an Egyptian Pharaoh.
我的疑问是：这里的“明年的2月17日”为什么用的是 of the next year 呢？这里也可以说成 of next year 吗？请各位专家老师指点，谢谢！