On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 12:02:04 -0400, Abeness <news@nada.x> wrote:

>Milleron wrote:
>> some segments of the US military have
>> recently adopted the format, yyyymmdd with no separators. Today is
>> 20040813 in the USAF.
>
>Not sure how recent this is, Milleron. I'm not in the military, but have
>been using and recommending this format for years to properly sort files
>in chronological order. I know I wasn't the first. ;-)
>
>Abe

The Air Force made this switch only this year. It's still not used to
the exclusion of other formats in every setting, but many official
forms, especially ones that are filled in with computer software,
require it. It might be in effect throughout the Dept. of Defense for
all I know.
Ron