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Relevant XKCD for that: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1179:_ISO_8601 https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1179:_ISO_8601 Title text: ISO 860
by mjevans 7y ago
Relevant XKCD for that: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1179:_ISO_8601 https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1179:_ISO_8601
Title text: ISO 8601 was published on 06/05/88 and most recently amended on 12/01/04.
"The title text provides a perfect example of the kind of ambiguity that can arise when non-standard formats are used. The ISO standard was in fact published on 1988-06-05 and amended on 2004-12-01. This is mentioned in the title text in MM/DD/YY format; however, there is no way to naturally figure this out, particularly with the second date. With the year truncated to two digits and all three numbers at 12 or lower, the date referring to December 1, 2004 may well be interpreted as 12 January 2004, or as 2012-01-04."