How to Formally Write the Date.Part 2
The International Standard
So many systems for one simple concept, right? In an effort to avoid international miscommunication, the International Standard ISO 8601 was created. If an American writes May 3, 1988 as 05/03/1988 but an Italian writes May 3, 1988 as 03/05/1988 who’s to know what’s what! As such, the ISO 8601 is:
YYYY-MM-DD (2017-03-30)
