To prevent any inconvenience in your checking transaction, please be advised that Philippine Clearing House Corporation (PCHC) issued memos on the uniform interpretation of date on checks, especially on numerically written dates, which will take effect starting July 1, 2018.
As per CICS Operating Memo No. 18-021, the issue date of checks for clearing should be written in any of the following formats:
| FORMAT | EXAMPLE |
| Fully Written | November 03, 2018 |
| Abbreviated Month (First three letters) | Nov 3, 2018 |
| Numeric style (with the full year) | 11032018 |
| Numeric style (with last 2 digit year) | 110318 |
| Numeric with '/' partition (full year) | 11/03/2018 |
| Numeric with '/' partition (shortened year) | 11/03/18 |
| Numeric with '-' partition (full year) | 11-03-2018 |
| Numeric with '-' partition (shortened year) | 11-03-18 |
| Numeric with '.' partition (full year) | 11.03.2018 |
| Numeric with '.' partition (shortened year) | 11.03.18 |
In addition, relative to the memo stated above, Memo Circular No. 3436 clarifies that date written in purely numeric form should follow the standard format of Month-Day-Year (MM-DD-YY) sequence, regardless of the form or shape of the partition symbol.
For information, guidance and strict compliance.
