I agree - yyyy mmm dd is best for sorting, and it's also logical and
unambiguous. A good system will of course store the date in some magical
internal format, and display whatever you choose, but if you're stuck with
things like Windows Explorer then yyyymmmdd at the end of each file name
provides an elementary level of version control.

At a more generic level, up here in Oz we mostly use dd mmm yyyy, and in
Windows and Linux if you set your location correctly it defaults to that.
dd mmm yyyy is also just as logical as yyyy mmm dd, in a roundabout sort of
way.

I understand that some other obscure parts of the world prefer the
completely illogical mm dd yyyy, the abiguities of which have played a part
in several short stories and at least one film, with broken international
romances attributed to one party arriving for an assignation in the wrong
month.

have a great yyyy mmm dd!



Glenn

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On 16 August 2013 07:17, Brittany Turner <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> 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
>
> Sent from my Underwood
>
> 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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