ISO 8601 Dates: What they are and why they're good - University of Illinois at Chicago in the USA.
A short introduction to the ISO 8601 format.
Defines a profile of ISO 8601 referenced by the W3C HTML recommendation.
A private site about the advantages of using ISO 8601-style dates.
by Markus Kuhn - An introduction to ISO 8601, the YYYY-MM-DD date and the 24-hour time notation, with notes on week numbers and on implementation.
A list of countries around the world that have adopted the ISO 8601 standard, also lists equivalent national standards numbers where applicable.
Describes and lists many reasons why the ISO 8601 standard should be more widely adopted in Computing, on the Internet, and in everyday life - by Steve Adams in England.
About 200 people worldwide, who already use and promote the ISO 8601 Year-Month-Day date format have formed this discussion group. Go here for help and advice, or for general discussion. Message archive can be browsed. If you wish to join in, there are options to participate via the Web-based front-end, or subscribe via email.
How to calculate absolute week numbers, Excel week numbers and ISO week numbers (with Formula and VBA). Links to other ISO 8601 related materials.
by J R Stockton - Covers written date and time formats, ISO Standard 8601 (with links) and converting to and from Roman Numbers. Discusses reforming American format dates as well as JavaScript and non-text formats.
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