Long or short years in dates

1. What is the correct way to write dates?
2. What is a short date?
3. What is the difference between the short date and long date format?
4. How do you write short dates?

What is the correct way to write dates?

The international standard recommends writing the date as year, then month, then the day: YYYY-MM-DD.

What is a short date?

A short date is a foreign exchange swap or outright transaction for value less than 1 month after spot.

What is the difference between the short date and long date format?

The date usually contains the month and the year. Apart from these details, the day of the week and the time can also be included. An example of a long date format is dd-mm-yyyy hh: mm. And, an example of a short date format is dd-mm-yyyy which is commonly used in date formatting.

How do you write short dates?

1. In most countries of the world, dates are written in order DAY/MONTH/YEAR, e.g., 4 July 1999, abbreviated 4/7/1999. 2. In eastern Asia, however, dates are written in order YEAR/MONTH/DAY: 1999 July 4, abbreviated 1999/7/4.