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GLEP: XX |
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Title: GLEP date and time format |
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Version: $Revision: $ |
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Author: Henrik Brix Andersen <brix@g.o> |
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Last-Modified: $Date: $ |
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Status: Draft |
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Type: Standards Track |
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Content-Type: text/x-rst |
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Created: 13-Dec-2005 |
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Post-History: 13-Dec-2005 |
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Abstract |
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This GLEP proposes using an ISO-8601 compliant date format in GLEPs. |
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Motivation |
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The current date format used in GLEPs is ``dd-mmm-yyyy`` format |
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(e.g. 14-Aug-2001). This format is not internationalized and not |
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easily machine parsable. |
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This GLEP proposes switching to using an ISO-8601 compliant date |
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format ``yyyy-dd-mm`` (e.g. 2001-08-14). This format is international |
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and easily machine parseable. It also allows specifying the time of |
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day (e.g. ``2001-08-14T19:53:46+0000``). |
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Specification |
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An overview of the ISO-8601 specification is available online at |
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http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/popstds/datesandtime.html |
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The date(1) utility also supports ISO-8601, making it easy for GLEP |
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authors to get the format right. |
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Backwards Compatibility |
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GLEP 1 should be updated to reflect this new date format, and all |
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dates in existing GLEPs should be changed to ISO-8601. |
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Copyright |
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This document has been placed in the public domain. |
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Henrik Brix Andersen <brix@g.o> |
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