20160604

20160604 is the date written in the YYYYMMDD format, corresponding to June 4, 2016, in the Gregorian calendar. This compact numeric form is commonly used in computing, data storage, and file naming because it sorts naturally when treated as a string or number.

In the year 2016, which was a leap year, June 4 is the 156th day of the year, with 210 days remaining. The fixed-width representation 20160604 is often used as a simple, unambiguous timestamp in databases, logs, and versioning systems.

The date can be expressed in various formats depending on regional conventions. In standard ISO notation it appears as 2016-06-04. In many parts of the world it may be written as 4 June 2016 or 04/06/2016, reflecting local date order and punctuation preferences.

Use and context: 20160604 serves as a neutral temporal marker that can be used to index events, records, or metadata. It is one element in a broader system of date representations that support chronological sorting, archival organization, and data interoperability across platforms and languages.

See also: other date formats, ISO 8601 standard, yyyymmdd date representations, calendar terminology.