GLEP:45

Status
No progress, marked as Deferred by GLEP editor creffett.

Abstract
This GLEP proposes using an ISO-8601 compliant date format in GLEPs.

Motivation
The current date format used in GLEPs is  (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  (e.g. 2001-08-14). This format is international and easily machine parseable.

Specification
An overview of the ISO-8601 specification is available online. Note that only the  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.

Copyright
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