Tuesday, 1 April 2014.
No comma between April and 2014. That’s just weird.
I was always taught that you shouldn’t use the ordinal in writing. You write it as April 1 but read it as “April the first”.
Dear World,
What was that you wrote? Americans look at the rest of the world’s writing through a backwards telescope and get to laugh at the tiny little words and noises that sputter from the ants who think that their scurrying around is supposed to do anything but amuse us until we step on them.
Sincerely,
American who will now buy a brand new pair of shoes, maybe a dozen or twenty, because the current pair has ant guts on the sole
Wait, the ISO is headquartered in Geneva, and not a good, Merkin Geneva, like Geneva, Illinois, Minnesota, or Ohio. Why would we–Yanks, Brits, or Strines–let the bloody SWISS push us around? :mad:
Because it is always wise to be nice to people who make good chocolate.
They yy/mm/dd system is much better when you have loads of email correspondence since it it sorts out the file order logically.
Even better: yyyy-mm-dd. Reduces ambiguity.
Your are correct. While ordinals may show up in writing, they are not used for dates. The rule is the same for American and British English. What is different is that there is no comma before the year in British English. (And, of course, the date comes first. One is pretty much the reason for the other–you don’t have two numbers in a row with British English.)
You are also correct in removing the leading 0. Unless you would actually say oh-one or zero-one, you don’t need the 0.
I don’t know about the word “the,” but, otherwise, that’s what I was taught. you write the cardinal but read the ordinal. With British style, you add the word “of,” and, yes, possibly “the,” i.e. “the first of April, twenty-fourteen,” but “April first, twenty-fourteen.”
And let’s not get into an argument over whether one should say “twenty-fourteen” or “two thousand fourteen,” please.
Fixed that for you. 
Quite right - especially when, (obviously) we’re supposed to say two zero one four
This is how all my photos are filed
Swiss? It’s the International Organization for Standardization, and please note the American spelling. 
You say that now, but what happens when the Y10K problem comes round?
谢谢!
(Xièxiè, “thanks”, in Chinese.)
yyyy-mm-dd is the way to go! I’m sick of the hodge-podge of date formats and measurement units we use here in Canada. What am I supposed to make of a receipt labeled 10/11/12?
The debilitating measurement influence of the US has left us in a hideous between state, neither fish nor fowl, US nor Metric nor Imperial. Time for us to suck it up and leave the US behind.
According to Strunk & White, “April 1” and “the 1st of April” are correct. April 1st is incorrect, despite being common in speech. April 01st is just plain goofy looking, and would catch anyone’s eye as being odd.
Now, S&W isn’t the be-all and end-all of correct grammar, but if you follow it, you have a leg to stand on if anyone brings it up. Also, if you follow S&W, you’ll be following a style that’s been widely recognized for a long time. It may not be best, but it’s nearly always safe.
I’d omit leading zeros unless using the date in a format such as 2013-04-01 (which I wouldn’t use in this context.)
That’s what I always use, especially in spreadsheets, file names, or status report subject lines, etc. In addition to being unambiguous (since thank goodness yyyy-dd-mm isn’t a standard anywhere), it sorts correctly!
Unfortunately, few people here in the US use it. That won’t stop me, since people here can read it without difficulty.
Hey, wait a minute :mad:
Now you’ve ‘fixed’ it to read 2000.14.
Thanks Celyn. Anyway, viewed from here it’s hilarious hearing Anglos belittling each other with such a delectable sense of humor.