ISO 8601 is expensive; I obtained a copy before they started making it hard to find copies on the web. The wording of the standard is convoluted. Does anyone know if there is a highly-reputable, readable description of the standard that explains the extent to which the various choices are required, recommended, or merely allowed?
For example, if one wishes to use the format 2014-08-24, is it mandatory that the day begin at midnight according to some unspecified local time? If one wishes to specify the time, does the standard recommend 23:02Z over 07:03, or are they on an equal footing? Is there a highly respected discussion anywhere of what to do about UTC before leap seconds, or the period before the introduction of UTC, in ISO 8601 representations? Gerry Ashton _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
