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I encourage YYYYMMDD. I couldn't say that's what we're actually using across the board, but we're just starting. I omit the dashes because we tend to have tech issues when punctuation is included. I find this format is definitely best for our sorting.
Best,
Brittany
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On Aug 15, 2013, at 2:05 PM, "Susan Beamer" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi All; I'm a lone arranger doing Records Management and Archives at a small,
> private manufacturing firm in Eastern Washington State.
>
> I posted this on SAA listserv, but wanted to ask the Records folks:
>
> Hi All; I'm a lone arranger doing Records Management and Archives at a small,
> private manufacturing firm in Eastern Washington State.
>
> We are migrating to new off the shelf software and are having discussions
> about the best way to format dates.
>
> I've always used dd mmm yyyy, because I feel it is the best way to lower
> date confusions and have not used punctuation because it reduces key
> strokes. My supervisor asked if there was a standard (meaning an ISO
> standard) for dates and I said no (meaning none for Archives work).
>
> He did a quick search and found ISO 8601 is a standard for dates and said it
> will be used. It looks like YYYY-MM-DD. He says it best for sorting.
>
> Several on SAA listserv did say they used the ISO 8601 standard because of
> the ease of sorting.
>
> What do others use? Checking the list archives is almost impossible to tell,
> since the use of the word 'date' is everywhere and has lots of meaning. I
> looked at one large Univerisity and NARA to tell what their date format was,
> but it was difficult to tell.
>
> Thanks for your comments.
>
> Susan Beamer, CA
> Records [and Archives] Manager
> Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc
> www.selinc.com
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