ISO 8601

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ISO 8601 is an international standard that defines a consistent, unambiguous format for representing dates, times, and related data in numeric form.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf date and time representation standard
international standard
aimsTo avoid ambiguity in date and time representations
facilitate international communication of date and time data
appliesTo computer systems
data interchange
documentation
electronic communication
defines 24-hour time notation
UTC time representation
basic format
calendar date representation
combined date and time representation
date format
date-time format
duration format
extended format
local time representation
offset from UTC representation
ordinal date format
recurring time interval format
time format
time interval format
time zone designator format
week date format
influenced RFC 3339
languageIndependent true
maintainedBy International Organization for Standardization
orderingPrinciple largest time unit to smallest time unit
recommends left-zero padding of numeric components
year-month-day order for dates
scriptIndependent true
shortName ISO 8601 self-link
specifies HH:MM:SS time format
YYYY-MM-DD date format
YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss date-time format
duration format starting with P
four-digit year representation
fractional seconds representation
leading zero usage in dates and times
ordinal date format YYYY-DDD
time interval representation using solidus /
time zone offset format ±hh:mm
two-digit day representation
two-digit hour representation
two-digit minute representation
two-digit month representation
two-digit second representation
use of the letter T as date-time separator
use of the letter Z for UTC
week date format YYYY-Www-D
week numbering system
week starting on Monday
title Data elements and interchange formats — Information interchange — Representation of dates and times
usedBy databases
file formats
many internet protocols
web APIs
usesCalendar Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
surface form: Gregorian calendar
usesNotation 24-hour clock
numeric date representation

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Sunday recognizedInStandard ISO 8601
ISO 8601 shortName ISO 8601 self-link
Zulu time standardizedIn ISO 8601
this entity surface form: ISO 8601 time format
Common Era usedIn ISO 8601
this entity surface form: ISO 8601 date representations