19830119

19830119 is a numeric date representation that commonly denotes January 19, 1983, using the YYYYMMDD format. In this scheme, the year is presented first, followed by the month and day with fixed two-digit fields, using leading zeros when necessary.

The format is valued in computing and data management because it sorts chronologically when compared as text or number. This property makes 19830119 useful for filenames, archive identifiers, database keys, and time-stamped records, where a compact, separator-free date code is desirable.

Variants and related forms include 1983-01-19 in the ISO 8601 standard with hyphens, 83-01-19 in shortened year notation, or other locally used date strings. While ISO 8601 is widely adopted for international interoperability, 19830119 remains common in legacy systems, batch processes, and certain file-naming conventions.

Limitations of this representation include its reliance on context to be understood correctly, since the digits alone do not indicate time zones or locale. Human readability is lower than that of more verbose formats, and without separators, parsing requires fixed-width knowledge of the year, month, and day. In data exchange, it is often stored as a string to preserve leading zeros and prevent misinterpretation, or converted to a proper date type in software.

See also: year-month-day formats, ISO 8601, yyyymmdd in computing.