(idea) by Rancid_Pickle Fri Jan 26 2001 at 6:52:36
The Julian date format is available in several flavors:

  • Military:
    Yddd
    For example, today would be 1026, where:
    1 = the current year (2001)
    026 = the current day (the 26th day of a 365-day year).
    The Military has the old records archived, so every ten years it won't matter if the year digit rolls over.

  • Normal Julian:
    YYYYddd
    For example, Christmas of 2001 would be 2001359, where:
    2001 = the current year (2001)
    359 = the day (Christmas).

I like it!