Per PCHC Memos CICS-OM-18-021, MC-3436 and 3437, effective July 1, 2018, the standard date formats written on checks shall be as follows:
1. Purely Numeric Format – written and read as Month-Day-Year (MM-DD-YYYY or MM-DD-YY), ex. November 3, 2018:
• 11032018
• 11-03-2018
• 110318
• 11-03-18
• 11/03/2018
• 11.03.2018
• 11/03/18
• 11.03.18
2. Alpha-Numeric Format – written in full or abbreviated month:
• November 3, 2018
• Nov. 3, 2018
• 3 November 2018
• 3 Nov. 2018
• 3 Nov. 18
Checks NOT written in standard date formats as stated above shall NO LONGER BE ACCEPTED.
All post-dated checks (PDCs) bearing a non-standard date format but have been accepted and warehoused before July 1, 2018 shall continue to be accepted until paid/negotiated.
