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The military format is ambiguous. For example, 12MAY24 means 2024-05-12 in English but it means 2024-03-12 in Manx Gaelic [1].

Also, tell me: what date is 10SKÁ11? Or 01DU02?

Furthermore, a lexicographic sort will do the wrong thing.

Better stick with ISO 8601.

[1] https://gv.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayrnt

Yep. Numbers > names, always. I'll go even further: months shouldn't even have names (which no longer even make sense, like October)! Neither should the days of the week, like the Chinese do it.

12MAR24 is so close. If they just went with 12MAR2024 it would have been unambiguous.

Of course it lacks many advantages of ISO8601 like sorting correctly in alphabetical sorting or working across languages, but it's a huge step up from 3/12/24.

For many years, I used "12 Mar 2024" in written form.

But the convenience of ISO 8601 for electronic form is compelling, and it has slipped into my writing as well.

Is that March 24th, 1912?