The scope of this American National Standard is limited to the representation of calendar date forinterchange among data systems; it does not describe how the date is determined. This standardwas not designed for (nor does it preclude) usage by humans as input to, or output from, datasystems. This standard does not address how data is converted by data systems to be internallyprocessed and/or stored.
ANSI/INCITS 30-1997(R2003) Referenced Document
ISO 8601:1988 Data elements and interchange formats — Information interchange — Representation of dates and times