c/programming · by syklemil@discuss.tchncs.de · 287d

RFC 3339 vs ISO 8601

https://ijmacd.github.io/rfc3339-iso8601/

Or: XKCD 1179 has its heart in the right place, but we can only wish it was actually that simple

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cgtjsiwy@programming.dev · 12 pts · 287d

This is missing the biggest difference: ISO 8601 costs 190-450€, whereas RFC 3339 is free.

lukalix98@programming.dev · 6 pts · 287d (1 reply)

We need a new standard that unifies all 14 standards.
Proceeds to create a new standard
There are 15 standards.

joyjoy@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 287d

The only way to fully unify all 14 standards is to support all 14 standards.

palordrolap@fedia.io · 4 pts · 287d

TIL that, at least according to the linked page, YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss (or %Y-%M-%D %h:%m:%s in strftime format) isn't valid in either system.

ISO8601 apparently disallows spaces altogether, so that space should be a T for it to qualify there; RFC3399 allows the space, but insists there should be a UTC offset of some kind at the end.

Unrelatedly, the page's use of %Z and %z doesn't match with strftime formatting at all, so there's at least one other standards problem lurking here.

billygoat@catata.fish · 3 pts · 287d

This has the “just one more bro” feel to it.