Elements of Style: How Strunk and White Recommend Writing a Date

6 April 1988 The last form is an excellent way to write a date; the figures are separated by a word and are, for that reason, quickly grasped.

via The Elements of Style

Simply elegant.

( and, of course, now in python )

import datetime
(datetime.date.today() -datetime.timedelta(days=14)).strftime(“%d %b %Y”).lstrip(‘0’)
‘7 Oct 2010’