Individuals are identified in the registry by means of a national identification number ( the so-called kennitala ), a number composed of the date of birth in the format and four additional digits, the third of which is a control digit, and the last of which indicates the century in which the person was born ( 9 for the 1900s and 0 for the 2000s ).

This date format originates from the custom of writing the date as ' the 8th day of November in the year of our Lord 2003 ' in western religious and legal documents, which at one time were the majority of documents created.

It is used with UTC in the Internet date / time format ( see the external link below ).

One of the advantages of using the ISO 8601 standard date format is that the lexicographical order ( ASCIIbetical ) of the representations is equivalent to the chronological order of the dates.

This also works when a time in 24-hour format is included after the date, as long as all times are understood to be in the same time zone.

It is worth noting that all modern computer Operating Systems retain date information of files outside of their titles, allowing the user to choose which format they prefer and have them sorted thus, irrespective of the files ' names.

The U. S. military sometimes uses a system, which they call " Julian date format " that indicates the year and the actual day out of the 365 days of the year ( and thus a designation of the month would not be needed ).

Note that outside of the US military and some US government agencies, including the Internal Revenue Service, this format is usually referred to as " ordinal date ", rather than " Julian date "

* W3C Date and Time Formats Internet date / time format

* Field 4: Personenkennziffer ( service number: birth date in DDMMYY format, dash, capitalized first letter of last name, dash, and five-digit number based on soldier's home military administrative district, number of persons with the mentioned last name and same birthday, and an error-checking number but without dashes ), ex.

He died two years later, on the twentieth day of the ninth month of 1806 ( the lunar calendar date format for October 31 ), aged about fifty-three, in Edo.

Pi Day is observed on March 14 ( or 3 / 14 in month / day date format ), since 3, 1 and 4 are the three most significant digits of π in the decimal form.

Pi Approximation Day is observed on July 22 ( or 22 / 7 in day / month date format ), since the fraction < sup > 22 </ sup >⁄< sub > 7 </ sub > is a common approximation of π.

Pi Day is observed on March 14 because of the date's representation as 3 / 14 in month / day date format.

The fractional approximation of π ,< sup > 22 </ sup >⁄< sub > 7 </ sub >, resembles the date July 22 in the day / month format, where it is written 22 / 7.

This is one of the older variants of the format ; shows such as The Dating Game that date to the 1960s had similar premises ( though each episode was self-contained, and not the serial format of more modern shows ).

The last roll of Kodachrome was processed on January 18, 2011 ( although announced last date of processing was December 30, 2010 ) in Parsons, Kansas, by the sole remaining lab capable of processing the format.

The password to access the conference room is " 10281943 " ( the proposed date in American format ) and an email also refers to the " project ".

This number is composed of 10 digits, whereof the first six are made up of the individual's birth date in the format DDMMYY.

Later radio shows made use of the panel game format, including the long-running Just a Minute ( from 1967 to date ) and I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue ( from 1972 ).

Although the origins of music videos date back much further, they came into prominence in the 1980s, when MTV based their format around the medium.

The date was June 20, 1922.

The ledger was full of most precise information: date of laying, length of incubation period, number of chick reaching the first week, second week, fifth week, weight of hen, size of rooster's wattles and so on, all scrawled out in a hand that looked more Chinese than English, the most jagged and sprawling Alex had ever seen.

There was one vote for location being the place where the property is situated for the greater portion of the twelve months preceding the assessment date.

Its ground for this recommendation was that, while petitioner claimed before the local board August 17, 1956 ( as evidenced by its memorandum in his file of that date ), that he was devoting 100 hours per month to actual preaching, the headquarters of the Jehovah's Witnesses reported that he was no longer doing so and, on the contrary, had relinquished both his Pioneer and Bible Student Servant positions.

-- The best 2-year-old pacing mile up to date at Ben White Raceway has been that of Mary Liner ( Mainliner-Highland Ellen ), a member of the Dick Williams stable, who was clocked 2:25.

He appeared in the hopples about November 14, was treated for worms on the 18th, the latter date being the first time he struck a real pace.

At this date, it seems probable that the name of Serge Prokofieff will appear in the archives of History, as an effective Traditionalist, who was fully aware of the lure and danger of experimentation, and used it as it served his purpose ; ;

When I looked up the actual date of his birth and found it to be March 15th, I realized that Roy was born under the right zodiacal sign for a watercolorist: the water sign of Pisces ( February 18 thru March 20 ).

Our last joint venture, Sainted Lady, a deeply religious film based on the life of Mother Cabrini, and timed so that its release date would coincide with the beatification of America's first saint in November, 1938, was a fiasco from start to finish.

Up to date, however, his garden was still more or less of a mess, he hadn't even started his workshop and if there was a meadow pond in the neighborhood he hadn't found it.

The terms are fairly safe to use on this side of the ocean, but before you start spouting them to your date, it might be best to find out if he was a member of Major Pockmanster's Delhi Regiment, since resentment toward the natives was reportedly very high in that outfit.

When a sailing date of March, 1845 was finally established, Palfrey made sure that the Negroes would have comfortable quarters in New Orleans and aboard ship.

Charlie Marble was back and forth on several occasions, first to confer with Andy on the advisability of cancelling the Las Vegas engagement -- they decided it was wise -- and later to announce that a prominent comedian, also an agency client, had agreed to fill the casino's open date.

Then he asked to use the phone and called Brian Thayer, who said that he was just leaving to keep a lunch date but would be home by two o'clock.

Handsome bachelor Charley was a favorite date of many of Hollywood's glamor gals for years.

Estimates of the date at which the Proto-Afroasiatic language was spoken vary widely.

Recently, the possibility that the alcohol used in mouthrinses acts as a carcinogen was raised, but there is to date no scientific consensus on the issue.

The committee's final report, on December 30, 1907, stated, in part, that " the first scheme for playing baseball, according to the best evidence obtainable to date, was devised by Abner Doubleday at Cooperstown, New York, in 1839.

* 1564 – Playwright William Shakespeare was baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England ( date of actual birth is unknown ).

However, it does seem clear that his first notable work, Summa Quoniam Homines, was completed somewhere between 1155 and 1165, with the most conclusive date being 1160, and likely was developed through his lectures at the school in Paris.