data imput

[mettalica]

what is the corect format for entering date of birth.for instance 10 1 1940

[society]

depends which side of the world you are sitting.

is that October 1st 1940 or 10th January, 1940?

[VHG]

Entering a date of birth where?

In the UK we tend to us DD MM YY but the USA it tends to be MM DD YY.

If it is on a form (or online) they often give the layout required, such as DD MM YYYY

[rojash]

"In the UK we tend to us DD MM YY but the USA it tends to be MM DD YY"
Also in the UK we tend to spell "correct" with two Rs, and "input" with an N rather than an M

[heathfield]

It is dependent, not only on the country, but also on whether a standard format has been adopted by any organisation, and if so - which of many standards? There's an ISO standard format of year, month, day, but this is often ignored, even by EU countries that should have adopted it by now. For ''standards by country'', see...

http://en.wikipedia.o...e_notation_by_country

[carlton23]

FAO rojash, aren`t you in Greece any longer? I noticed you said "In the UK `we`" suggesting you have returned to th UK. Did the Greek financial economy drive you back home?