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I didn't know that ISO 8601 also allowes YYYYMMDD besides YYYY-MM-DD.

keuleJ
– keuleJ

2018-09-26 19:12:30 +00:00
Commented Sep 26, 2018 at 19:12
iso.org/iso-8601-date-and-time-format.html seems to indicate that the "Extended format" of YYYY-MM-DD is the only format for 8601?

Oskar Austegard
– Oskar Austegard

2018-09-27 19:08:50 +00:00
Commented Sep 27, 2018 at 19:08
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@keuleJ Minimizing the use of delimiters such as YYYYMMDD rather than YYYY-MM-DD is called “basic” format variation in the ISO 8601 standard.

Basil Bourque
– Basil Bourque

2018-09-27 21:55:25 +00:00
Commented Sep 27, 2018 at 21:55
Two more benefits of the ISO 8601: (a) Easy to parse by machine with no SPACE character and no localized text, and (b) Easy to intuit by humans across cultures with the year coming first being easy to recognize (if contemporary), and without assuming English language.

Basil Bourque
– Basil Bourque

2018-09-27 22:06:43 +00:00
Commented Sep 27, 2018 at 22:06

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