This is good advice. Actually I do avoid using only numbers when I state dates in North America. While I'd favor the dd/mm/yyyy for the reasons I already stated repeatedly here I would not jeopardize its understanding by people by using numbers only. Example, I'd write 24 Jan 2002, instead of 24/01/2002. Nonetheless, as I also stated before, I do use the ISO format on occasion when the circumstances would favor or dictate it.
Marcus
I write material read company-wide on our computer. I use ISO 8601 exclusively. No one has EVER called to say he or she can't understand it. (One person did say I was "un-American" but that's a different issue.)
Carleton
