Just because Y2K is over, doesn't mean programmers are done creating date bugs - covers many date and time issues, especially ISO 8601 - by Gilbert Healton.
Setting up your Mac to use the Year-Month-Day date format. Instructions are for MAC OS 7, but are easily adapted for later versions.
Setting up your PC to use the Year-Month-Day date format. Instructions are for Windows 95, but are easily adapted for later versions.
A comprehensive document covering how week numbers are calculated using the ISO 8601 calendar system. Includes links to many further resources.
Document: draft-ietf-impp-datetime-05 - An updated proposal to use a limited subset of ISO-compliant date formats for date stamps on the Internet - by Chris Newman.
A short description of and motivation for ISO 8601, the date and time representation standard, with links to more detailed resources - by Jukka Korpela in Finland.
Useful information about date and time - by M. Davis.
Discussion about the use and misuse of various date formats - Intelligent Enterprise Magazine - Celko.
Here's some code that generates the weeknumber for a given date in accordance with ISO standard 8601:1988 (European Standard EN 28601).
An algorithm for converting Gregorian Calendar Dates to the ISO 8601 Week Date format (Y2K Compliant).
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