Is it a bad idea to have multiple date formats on the same page, or if they have different use cases can they be formatted differently?

1. How should dates be formatted for websites?
2. How do you write dates in different formats?
3. Which is the best format for writing a date in an international business document?
4. What is the best format for date?

How should dates be formatted for websites?

2001 or 02.03. 01, whereas most parts of the world would write it as 03.02. 2001 or 03/02/01. Putting local customs aside, the standard way of writing it for international exchange and computer interoperability is 2001-02-03, where the year comes first followed by month and day.

How do you write dates in different formats?

The international standard recommends writing the date as year, then month, then the day: YYYY-MM-DD. So if both the Australian and American used this, they would both write the date as 2019-02-03. Writing the date this way avoids confusion by placing the year first. Much of Asia uses this form when writing the date.

Which is the best format for writing a date in an international business document?

The ISO date format

For example, "3rd of April 2002", in this international format is written: 2002-04-03 . Using numerical dates does have also some pitfalls with regard to readability and usability, as explained in the Date formats FAQ .

What is the best format for date?

YYYY-MM-DD

where YYYY is the year in the usual Gregorian calendar, MM is the month of the year between 01 (January) and 12 (December), and DD is the day of the month between 01 and 31.