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GLEP: 45
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Title: GLEP date format
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Version: $Revision: $
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Author: Henrik Brix Andersen <brix@gentoo.org>
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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``
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(e.g. 14-Aug-2001). This format is not internationalized and not
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easily machine parseable.
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This GLEP proposes switching to using an ISO-8601 compliant date
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format ``yyyy-mm-dd`` (e.g. 2001-08-14). This format is international
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and easily machine parseable.
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Specification
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An overview of the ISO-8601 specification is available online
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[#iso-8601]_. Note that only the ``yyyy-mm-dd`` subset of the ISO-8601
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specification should be used in GLEPs.
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The date(1) utility supports ISO-8601, making it easy for GLEP authors
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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 be ISO-8601 compliant.
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References
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.. [#iso-8601] Numeric representation of Dates and Time,
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http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/popstds/datesandtime.html
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Copyright
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=========
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This document has been placed in the public domain.
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