Date and Time on the Internet
A proposal to use the ISO date format for Internet applications - by Chris Newman.
Date and Time on the Internet: Timestamps
RFC 3339 defines a date and time format for use in Internet protocols that is a profile of the ISO 8601 standard for representation of dates and times using the Gregorian calendar …
Dated Material - Is the Y2K Problem Really Over?
Discussion about the use and misuse of various date formats - Intelligent Enterprise Magazine - Celko.
Discussion About the ISO 8601 Standard
About 200 people worldwide, who already use and promote the ISO 8601 Year-Month-Day date format have formed this discussion group. Go here for help and advice, or for general discu…
Implementation of the ISO 8601 Standard
A list of countries around the world that have adopted the ISO 8601 standard, also lists equivalent national standards numbers where applicable.
International Standard Date and Time Notation
by Markus Kuhn - An introduction to ISO 8601, the YYYY-MM-DD date and the 24-hour time notation, with notes on week numbers and on implementation.
ISO 8601 - The Right Solution
The wonderful thing about the computer industry, it is said, "If you like standards, there are a lot to choose from". Provides useful information and background about date format i…
ISO 8601 Date and Time - Converting and Implementing
How to implement the use of the Year-Month-Day Date format in various computer systems - includes some programming examples and the 'Date Format Poll' - by Nikolai Sandved in Norwa…
The Code Project: C# Programming
Free source code and tutorial for a Gregorian Date To ISO Date Converter for Windows.
The ISO Date Format
Discussion of formats for expressing dates, with particular reference to the ISO 8601 date format - by Peter Meyer.
The Many Dates and Times of Perl
A tour of the many date and time handling modules on the CPAN - by Dave Rolsky.
The Mathematics of the ISO 8601 Calendar
A comprehensive document covering how week numbers are calculated using the ISO 8601 calendar system. Includes links to many further resources.
The Y2K Problem, UIC, and You
Describes Year 2000 fixes for computer systems, mainly based on using the ISO 8601 standard for dates.
Use International Date Format
How and why to use international date format in your document - from the W3C QA section.
Use ISO 8601 and Drop mm/dd/yy and am/pm
Justin JIH, a Taiwanese American, sets out the reasons why adopting the YYYY-MM-DD date format is preferred. Includes useful links to further resources.
W3C Date and Time Formats
Defines a profile of ISO 8601 referenced by the W3C HTML recommendation.
Week Numbers In Excel
How to calculate absolute week numbers, Excel week numbers and ISO week numbers (with Formula and VBA). Links to other ISO 8601 related materials.