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'''Date and time notation''' around the world varies.

An approach to harmoniseharmonize the different notations is the [[ISO 8601]] standard. (See also [[ISO 8601 usage]])

Since the [[Internet]] is a main enabler of communication between people with different date notation backgroundbackgrounds, and software is used to facilitate the communication, [[Request for Comments|RFC]] standards and a [[W3C]] tips and discussion paper were published.

*RFC {{IETF RFC|822|link=no}} "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 {{IETF RFC|2445|link=no}} "Internet Calendaring and Scheduling Core Object Specification"

** format: 19960401T235959Z

*RFC {{IETF RFC|3339|link=no}} "Date and Time on the Internet: Timestamps"

** published July 2002

** intended use: new internet protocols

** format: 1982-06-20

* W3C: [http://www.w3.org/QA/Tips/iso-date "Use international date format (ISO)"]

== See also ==

* {{slink|Calendar date|Date format}}

* [[Date and time notationrepresentation by country]]

* [[Date code]]

* [[Holocene calendar]]

* [[ISO 8601 usage]]

* [[Time formatting and storage bugs]]

* [[Unix time]]

[[Category:Timekeeping]]

[[Category:Date and time representation]]

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