19960913

19960913 is a numeric date string used to denote September 13, 1996 in the year-month-day format (yyyymmdd). It provides a compact, locale-independent way to represent a specific calendar day.

In computing and data management, yyyymmdd strings are valued for their unambiguous semantics and their natural sortable order when treated as integers or plain text. This makes them useful for indexing, archival naming, and timestamping across systems that require consistent date handling.

Common applications include databases, file names, version histories, and data interchange formats, where a fixed-length, sortable date representation helps preserve chronology without relying on locale-specific date parsing.

Alternative representations of the same moment include 1996-09-13 in ISO 8601 format, and shorter forms such as 960913 in compact contexts. The latter can be ambiguous in some systems that do not distinguish century or that reuse two-digit years.

The date 19960913 lies within the late 1990s, a period marked by rapid growth in digital technologies and global connectivity. As a calendar marker, 19960913 is primarily notable for its role as a data representation rather than for a single widely recognized historical event.

See also: date formats, ISO 8601, yyyymmdd.