On Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 10:17:07PM +0100, Henrik Brix Andersen wrote: > GLEP: XX > Title: GLEP date and time format
After discussing this proposal on IRC with ciaranm and g2boojum, a few changes have been made: * Restrict the GLEP to deal with dates (not time) * Use proper GLEP format Since I have no idea on how to use docutils, I'd be grateful if someone familiar with the process (Grant?) could commit this to CVS. Regards, Brix -- Henrik Brix Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Gentoo Metadistribution | Mobile computing herd
GLEP: 45
Title: GLEP date format
Version: $Revision: $
Author: Henrik Brix Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Last-Modified: $Date: $
Status: Draft
Type: Standards Track
Content-Type: text/x-rst
Created: 13-Dec-2005
Post-History: 13-Dec-2005
Abstract
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This GLEP proposes using an ISO-8601 compliant date format in GLEPs.
Motivation
==========
The current date format used in GLEPs is ``dd-mmm-yyyy``
(e.g. 14-Aug-2001). This format is not internationalized and not
easily machine parseable.
This GLEP proposes switching to using an ISO-8601 compliant date
format ``yyyy-mm-dd`` (e.g. 2001-08-14). This format is international
and easily machine parseable.
Specification
=============
An overview of the ISO-8601 specification is available online
[#iso-8601]_. Note that only the ``yyyy-mm-dd`` subset of the ISO-8601
specification should be used in GLEPs.
The date(1) utility supports ISO-8601, making it easy for GLEP authors
to get the format right.
Backwards Compatibility
=======================
GLEP 1 should be updated to reflect this new date format, and all
dates in existing GLEPs should be changed to be ISO-8601 compliant.
References
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.. [#iso-8601] Numeric representation of Dates and Time,
http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/popstds/datesandtime.html
Copyright
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This document has been placed in the public domain.
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