Examples of date field format specifications

This specification...

...matches this date on the invoice

YYYYMMDD

2009-05-08

DDMMYYYY

05-08-2009

DDMMYY

08-05-09

DMY

8-5-9, 08-05-09, or 8-5-09

DDMMMYYYY

24-Oct-2009

DX[.]MMMMYYYY

7. May 2009

Specification of date fields