The phrase "approaching the day" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that a specific day or event is getting closer in time.
Example: "As we are approaching the day of the big presentation, I feel a mix of excitement and nervousness."
Alternatives: "nearing the day" or "drawing closer to the day".
We are fast approaching the day when we will spend more on incarceration than on higher education in this state.
We are fast approaching the day in August when all the speculation around the possible value of the Cosmos brand meets the empirical reality of a team trying to build a present-day following from a field at Hofstra University.
But for a variety of reasons (see "The Coming Light Years"), we're rapidly approaching the day when electrons will no longer cut it.
But we are fast approaching the day when the Associated Press and The New York Times may be the only print organizations that comprehensively cover our country and our world.
Because we live on a rather small planet ourselves, the ability to discern such little worlds means astronomers may be approaching the day when they glimpse another life-bearing planet like our own.
Still, he thinks that we're approaching the day when there is the right balance to drive demand, and that it's coming in part thanks to the advances made possible by cloud robotics.
"We are very enthusiastic, very excited about our positioning as we are approaching the Tuesday election," he said.
"Maybe she didn't approach the day the way she might have.
As it turned out Tiger was, but that is how I approached the day.
Asked how he approached the day, Prior said: "You've got to find a way to face 90 overs.
There is a new urgency in his manner as he approaches the day for which he has been preparing for most of his adult life.
