[octex]

Europeans write the date like that. Not Americans.
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That is generally true. However, when in the Navy we wrote the date as dd/mm/yyyy and I have continued that pattern into my 70s on my checks and other correspondence.

[cynwoody]

when in the Navy we wrote the date as dd/mm/yyyy and I have continued that pattern into my 70s on my checks and other correspondence.

Somewhere around the time of the Y2K circus, I fell into the habit of writing dates as yyyy-mm-dd.

That format has two advantages:

1. While the format is possibly unfamiliar, nobody above room temperature IQ can fail to recognize its meaning
2. It sorts correctly, even in software that doesn't recognize it as a date

[Elsie]

The Right way, the Wrong way and the Navy way.

[Cowgirl of Justice]

Hillary hates the military and has never served a day.

Remember how she couldn’t get hired when she wanted to enlist because she is a woman?/s