On Tue, 6 Nov 2001, Jonathan Leffler wrote: > In ISO 8601:1986, the basic format for the complete representation of a > date is 19991231 and the extended format for a date is 1999-12-31 (see > section 5.2.1 Calendar Date and in particular 5.2.1.1 Complete > Representation). > > There is discussion about week numbers, but it occurs much later in the > standard (section 5.2.3 Date Identified by calendar week and day numbers). > > [I know there is also ISO 8601:2000, but I don't have a copy of it to > quote from, and I understand that the changes are minor.] > > As to web sites that document this, the best I know is: > http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-time.html > The opening section launches straight into YYYY-MM-DD format.
That's great to know. Actually having a copy of the standard, rather than just working from various people's interpretations of something they read about someone else who had glimpsed a copy of the standard, would be really helpful. As I said in my earlier note, I will be glad to change the default behavior of the module, as soon as I have sufficient tuits. The latest version from CVS is on CPAN, and if someone wants to submit a patch, I'd be glad to apply it. I'm not trying to be argumentative at all. Having an output format containing something that nobody will actually understand seems a little odd to me. But I simply don't have the time to work on it this month. -- Author, Apache Administrator's Guide http://www.apacheadmin.com/
