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Old Mar 16, 2011 | 02:47 PM
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Yyyymmdd

On a form...

Enter date YYYYMMDD

What does it mean? Was asked by my dispatcher whose father and brother are retired USAF and was married to a USAF Pilot.

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Old Mar 16, 2011 | 02:50 PM
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Year (4 digits) Month, Day

20110316
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Old Mar 16, 2011 | 02:50 PM
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For today it would be 20110316

or 03/16/2011

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Old Mar 16, 2011 | 02:53 PM
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Originally Posted by rockcrawler304
For today it would be 20110316

or 03/16/2011

Sorry, wasn't clear enough. I knew what it meant.

I was more pondering how she couldn't know.

She gives me headache.
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Old Mar 16, 2011 | 02:56 PM
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After reading your post again I see you were not asking but commenting

Funny though how many people have no clue what that means. Or even the MMDDYY version.
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Old Mar 16, 2011 | 04:01 PM
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LoL! I need glasses. When I clicked on the post I thought it said Verymmad so was expecting a rant.
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Old Mar 16, 2011 | 04:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Bark
LoL! I need glasses. When I clicked on the post I thought it said Verymmad so was expecting a rant.
It was a rant, you were able to decipher my code.
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Old Mar 16, 2011 | 05:32 PM
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I've been stumped on acronyms and initialisms before but that one always made sense to me.
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Old Mar 16, 2011 | 05:37 PM
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You can't fix stupid Now had it been her Father Brother or EX who were all former military, they would have known as would MOST people.
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Old Mar 16, 2011 | 09:36 PM
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What form? I donut see no form.
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