Date and time notation around the world varies.

An approach to harmonize the different notations is the ISO 8601 standard.

Since the Internet is a main enabler of communication between people with different date notation backgrounds, and software is used to facilitate the communication, RFC standards and a W3C tips and discussion paper were published.

  • RFC "Standard for the Format of Arpa Internet Text Messages" published 1982-08-13 e.g. used for email format: [day ,] 20 Jun 82 14:01:17
  • RFC "Internet Calendaring and Scheduling Core Object Specification" format: 19960401T235959Z
  • RFC "Date and Time on the Internet: Timestamps" published July 2002 intended use: new internet protocols format: 1982-06-20
  • W3C:

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