Standardize the following date to the ISO 8601 format.
July 26th, 2021
July 26th, 2021 in the ISO 8601 format is 2021-07-26.
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### Instruction:
Standardize the following date to the ISO 8601 format.

### Response:
July 26th, 2021 in the ISO 8601 format is 2021-07-26.