Rule of St Benedict edition

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I want to get a printed version of Rule of St Benedict with the date assigned. Does anyone know which version should I get?

To my understanding, neither TAN nor Baronius Press edition come with the date cycles
 
You might try checking out ISBN 978-1908388872 from Aziloth Books. 67 of 69 reviews are for the Kindle version, rather than the paperback— but I can’t imagine that the paperback version would edit the date cycle out, when it seems to be present in the Kindle edition.

You might read the reviews more thoroughly and see if the paperback version is what you’re looking for. I do see where it says it doesn’t have any footnotes or chapter notes, so if you’re looking for something annotated with the date cycle, you might keep looking…
 
Here’s another version-- ISBN 978-0824525941, which, judging from the reviews, has both notes and the date cycle. However, her commentary does seem to be polarizing.
Wonderful interpretation - in that it is gender neutral, appreciative of Taoist and Jewish awareness of Source while remaining true to the nature, meaning, and purpose of the The Rule of Benedict. Coming from a mystical Christian perspective, these elements ring true and make the text much more in line with my experience of the Divine.
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Unfortunately, the author’s distortion of St. Benedict’s text through using inclusive language and the highly subjective interpretations of his rule from a feminist political perspective ruin this work. The author makes a historical error by asserting early on in the text that St. Benedict saw the anchoritic life as being self centered and less than the cenobetic life. This is not true. The Cenobetic life is the life in community where one is schooled in asceticism. But those few who can successfully leave and enter into the anchoritic life have entered into the final and highest stage of asceticism. I would recommend that reader’s consult a scholarly and historical translation and study of St. Benedict’s rule and then work through the text with a spiritual director who is orthodox in faith and practice.
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