Date and time notation

Date and time notation around the world varies.

An approach to harmonise 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.


 * "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
 * "Internet Calendaring and Scheduling Core Object Specification"
 * format: 19960401T235959Z
 * "Date and Time on the Internet: Timestamps"
 * published July 2002
 * intended use: new internet protocols
 * format: 1982-06-20
 * W3C: "Use international date format (ISO)"