ESTA expiring

Just a heads up - I received an email from the USA homeland security regarding my ESTA, saying it was due to expire in 30 days . When I checked it it said it was due to expire on -04/09/25.

On checking with them It is in fact the 09/04/25 - they of course use a different date format to the UK.

Worth checking your documents folks!  Luckily I'm not traveling util August so have plenty fo time to renew!.

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  • Caz3121
    Caz3121 Posts: 15,795 Forumite
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    yes ESTA's use US date format of mm/dd/yy
  • NoodleDoodleMan
    NoodleDoodleMan Posts: 4,080 Forumite
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    Indeed - that's why 9/11 is not 9th November.
  • DullGreyGuy
    DullGreyGuy Posts: 17,272 Forumite
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    Caz3121 said:
    yes ESTA's use US date format of mm/dd/yy
    rISO8601 - A correction of fixed version of a certain diagram comparing pyramids of date formats

    With the growth of AI its another thing we're having to become more careful of, Copilot in particular seems bad at considering localisation and just assumes all dates are in US format.
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