The international standard has the added benefit of being easily deciphered. YYYY/MM/DD is unlikely to be misread as year-day-month, which happens all the time in other formats unless the day is 13+. It would be interesting to see studies that elicit the miscalculation (and implications) of retention errors arising from date errors. [log in to unmask] List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance To unsubscribe from this list, click the below link. If not already present, place UNSUBSCRIBE RECMGMT-L or UNSUB RECMGMT-L in the body of the message. mailto:[log in to unmask]