{
    "content": "<h1><a href=\"..\/ISO-8601\/\">ISO-8601<\/a><\/h1><p><a href=\"..\/ISO-8601\/\">ISO-8601<\/a> is an international standard for the representation of dates and times, established by the <a href=\"..\/International-Organization-for-Standardization\/\">International-Organization-for-Standardization<\/a>. It provides a consistent and unambiguous method for representing temporal data, which is crucial for <a href=\"..\/Computing\/\">Computing<\/a> and <a href=\"..\/Data-interchange\/\">Data-interchange<\/a>. The standard is based on the <a href=\"..\/Gregorian-calendar\/\">Gregorian-calendar<\/a> and utilizes a big-endian format, meaning it progresses from the largest unit of time to the smallest.<\/p><p>The most frequently used format is the calendar date, written as YYYY-MM-DD. When time is included, it is typically separated from the date by the character 'T', and <a href=\"..\/Coordinated-Universal-Time\/\">Coordinated-Universal-Time<\/a> is indicated by the suffix 'Z'. This structure is widely adopted in <a href=\"..\/Network-protocols\/\">Network-protocols<\/a> and <a href=\"..\/API-design\/\">API-design<\/a> because it is lexicographical and prevents confusion between different regional date formats. You can find more information on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iso.org\/iso-8601-date-and-time-format.html\">official ISO website<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ISO_8601\">Wikipedia page for ISO 8601<\/a>.<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"..\/Unix-time\/\">Unix-time<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"..\/RFC-3339\/\">RFC-3339<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"..\/Time-zones\/\">Time-zones<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"..\/Temporal-data\/\">Temporal-data<\/a><\/li><\/ul>",
    "tags": [
        "iso-8601",
        "date",
        "time",
        "standard",
        "utc",
        "programming",
        "data-format",
        "calendar",
        "standardization",
        "interoperability"
    ]
}