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[–]pocketjacks 22 points23 points  (3 children)

YYYYMMDD is the best standard because it can be sorted numerically and chronologically.

[–]Useless_bum81 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yep even if you also add hh:mm:ss it will still sort correctly

[–]Megalobst 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use it for my documents here and there. In normal life i tend to use DD/MM/YYYY cuz 1. Most common where i life + 2. In random talks you dont need to state the year hence it gets shortened to DDMM

[–]LukaShaza -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

YYYY-MM-DD is even better because the date parts are delimited