Comments on: Date Format http://nate.koechley.com/blog/2004/03/25/date-format/ Web professional with deep frontend engineering expertise skilled in user experience design and product strategy. Successful team leader, manager, and executive. Sought-after speaker, writer, and trainer. Mon, 24 May 2010 15:52:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: jr http://nate.koechley.com/blog/2004/03/25/date-format/comment-page-1/#comment-15 jr Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://nate.koechley.com/blog/?p=99#comment-15 Sadly, I'll always have two date forms I use. Personally: I use YYYYMMDD for darn near everything for the obvious reasons that it's nice and sortable. Publically: I have to use MM/DD/YYYY because absolutely no one else on this planet thinks logically and bank managers seldom see the logic of having zero padded structured date formats. Ok, granted, I also privately count on my fingers in binary, but that's usually because I get beat up whenever i get to 4 (and all the Metal Heads think I'm cool when I get to 25). Sadly, I’ll always have two date forms I use.

Personally: I use YYYYMMDD for darn near everything for the obvious reasons that it’s nice and sortable.

Publically: I have to use MM/DD/YYYY because absolutely no one else on this planet thinks logically and bank managers seldom see the logic of having zero padded structured date formats.

Ok, granted, I also privately count on my fingers in binary, but that’s usually because I get beat up whenever i get to 4 (and all the Metal Heads think I’m cool when I get to 25).

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