Does 12/11/10 refer to 12 November 2010 (European date format) or 11 December 2010 (American format) ? Make sure your users never have to ask this question.

Objectives

• Avoid users the risk of a date being missed.
• Facilitate the understanding and reuse of the relevant content.

Implementation

• Ensure that the month is written in all letters (“December”) or abbreviated (“December”). »), but not in number format.
• Specify the 4 digits of the year. This requirement must be provided in the content management systems or the date is automated.

Control

• Identify pages containing dates.
• Check that the month is not written in numerical format, but in letters (full or abbreviated).
• Check that the year is indicated with four digits and not two.