19011916

19011916 is a eight-digit numeric string that most commonly serves as a date when the digits are interpreted according to a particular convention. In day-month-year (DDMMYYYY) notation, 19011916 reads as 19 January 1916. In month-day-year (MMDDYYYY) notation, it reads as January 19, 1916. When attempting to map it to a year-month-day (YYYYMMDD) format, the sequence does not form a valid date, since the middle portion would imply a month value of 19, which is not permissible. The interpretation therefore depends on the date convention used by the source.

Historically, 19 January 1916 falls during World War I, a period marked by large-scale military operations, political developments, and multinational alliances. The date itself is not universally tied to a single widely recognized event in common historical summaries, and its significance tends to depend on the specific document or archive in which the eight-digit string appears. In many archival records, such eight-digit strings are used as file identifiers or timestamp-like notes rather than as standalone statements of events.

Beyond dates, 19011916 can appear in non-date contexts as a compact identifier in databases, catalogs, or product codes. Without separators or context, such strings are inherently ambiguous and require a formatting convention or metadata to disambiguate their meaning. To ensure clarity, sources often convert such values into standardized date formats like ISO 8601 (for example, 1916-01-19) when recording historical information. See also date formats and data standardization practices.