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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