19960319

19960319 is a date encoded in the yyyyMMdd format. It represents March 19, 1996, which is the 79th day of 1996, a leap year. The compact numeric form is widely used in databases, file naming, and archival systems because it sorts chronologically when compared as a string, unlike many other date representations. In human-friendly form, the same date is written as 1996-03-19 under the ISO 8601 standard; both notations refer to the same day.

In computing and data management, 19960319 may appear as a timestamp, a version or build identifier, or an index key. It is common in log files and batch-processing pipelines where dates need to be embedded in identifiers or filenames. The format is language- and locale-neutral and reduces ambiguity across regions.

Historical notes: as a date, it sits in the mid-1990s era, a period of rapid advancement in information technology and global communications, though the number itself does not denote a single universally recognized event. It is primarily of interest in contexts involving date encoding, historical datasets, or archival reference.

See also: 1996, ISO 8601, Date format.