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Re:French institute suspects nuclear accident in Russia or K... by officemonkey on Friday November 10, 2017 @02:57PM (#15672453)
I use ISO format for whenever I'm working with computers.

If I have to write down the date on paper, I always use "10 NOV 2017." It's not terribly international, but it is unambiguous for many European languages.

I have also seen "10 XI 2017" (using the Roman numeral for the month) when dealing with NATO and European Union documents (especially meeting notices.) I think it's a little fiddly because it doesn't appear to be in great use, but it also works.

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Re:French institute suspects nuclear accident in Russia or K... by mark-r on Friday November 10, 2017 @03:55PM (#15672953)
At the last place I worked, I was responsible for the labels that tracked parts around the plant. I tried to talk them into using ISO format, as we had one plant in the US and one in Ireland and consistency was a requirement. They wouldn't go for it, the closest I could come was 2017-Nov-10.
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