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Description / Abstract:
The scope of this American National Standard is limited to the
representation of calendar date for interchange among data systems;
it does not describe how the date is determined. This standard was
not designed for (nor does it preclude) usage by humans as input
to, or output from, data systems. This standard does not address
how data is converted by data systems to be internally processed
and/or stored.
Purpose
The purpose of the American National Standard is to provide a
single standard means of representing calendar date for interchange
of dates among data systems.
Application
The representation of calendar date specified in this standard
is compatible with other national and international standards. In
ISO 8601: 1988, the representation specified by this American
National Standard is referred to as calendar date-complete
representation-basic format, except that the notation YYYY is used
instead of CCYY.