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an abbreviated format from the "Acceptable date formats" table, provided the day and month elements are in the same order as in dates in the article body; the format expected in the citation style being used (but all-numeric date formats other than yyyy-mm-dd must still be avoided).
Think carefully before changing established date formats of existing articles, especially multiple articles in a particular subject area. Consider whether the proposed change would improve Wikipedia (beyond conforming the articles to your personal preference) and whether editors who have contributed to the article(s) may have reached a consensus to use a particular format.
For advice on writing style and formatting in a bullet-point format, see Wikipedia:Styletips; For summaries of some Wikipedia protocols and conventions, see Wikipedia:Dos and don'ts; If you don't want to use wikitext markup, try Wikipedia:VisualEditor instead; To ask a question, see Wikipedia:Questions to locate the appropriate venue(s)
The format dd.mm.yyyy using dots (which denote ordinal numbering) is the traditional German date format, [65] and continues to be the most commonly used. In 1996, the international format yyyy-mm-dd was made the official date format in standardized contexts such as government, education, engineering and sciences.
An alternative method of date auto-formatting - preferably one which incorporates a 'date format' code once in the article, and then uses that throughout (but could be over-ridden by a user's own preferences if that was their choice) - would be far more elegant than the present approach. MarkyMarkD 19:54, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
To apply a standard format, use the template {}. Keep bullets short – for more information, users can always check the full guideline. Only include the most important and non-obvious points from the guideline. Try to keep the "dos" and "don'ts" lists the same length, with 5–8 bullets each. Bold and wikilink the key terms in each bullet.
No-output templates that indicate the article's established date format and English-language variety, if any (e.g., {{Use dmy dates}}, {{Use Canadian English}}) Banner-type maintenance templates, Dispute and Cleanup templates for article-wide issues that have been flagged (otherwise used at the top of a specific section, after any sectional ...
The date formatting feature (autoformatting of dates), ... apply autoformatting, but add the desired link at the end; Whether to link to a year page, a month page, or ...