• ISO 8601 is paywalled
  • RFC allows a space instead of a T (e.g. 2020-12-09 16:09:…) which is nicer to read.
  • kingthrillgore@lemmy.ml
    38·
    11 months ago

    Its funny because everything about ISO 8601 is covered on its Wikipedia article. Very few people need to spend the francs to need the spec.

    • Mubelotix@jlai.lu
      241·
      11 months ago

      You HAVE to read the spec if you want to be compliant, you can’t just hope every detail is on wikipedia

      • Sylvartas@lemmy.world
        7·
        11 months ago

        Also, even if you fully respect the specs, I assume you can’t get certified as “compliant” by ISO if you didn’t pay for the specs ?

    • K4mpfie@feddit.de
      8·
      11 months ago

      If you want to be compliant for a standard you need to have a copy of it. Luckily it’s only companies that really need to buy them

      • SirQuackTheDuck@lemmy.world
        81·
        11 months ago

        Which means the companies using the specs pay the company making the specs for everyone (companies and people) to use.

        That sounds fair, but I wouldn’t be surprised if capitalism fucked it up anyhow.