>how the military marks the date.
Military marks the date by 2 digit number for the day, then the month or a 3-4 etter abbreviation for the month, followed lastly by the 4 digit year. Deviation from this, for example by using numbers to represent the months, causes the datestamp to no longer be military style, because the DD MONTH YYYY format is crystal fucking clear regardless of who is reading it, and any other format is less clear. There may be some guesswork, some fudging with getting the numbers right
t. former mil