RE: [ebxml-dev] Re: [ISO8601] Re: New Date Formats.

Ignoring or reinventing existing, adequate standards = bad.
Three cheers for Sue!  Three cheers for re-use! 
Best regards   Jamie

At 01:10 AM 2/26/02, Probert, Sue wrote:

* * * The UN/ECE Recommendation No 7 which can be accessed at
http://www.unece.org/cefact/ is a clear, well-established, recommendation by
UN/CEFACT to use ISO 8601 for formatting dates/times in all information
exchanges related to cross-border or international trade whatever their
syntax e.g. UN/EDIFACT, XML.
BTW the other UN/ECE Recommendations also offer useful advice relevant for
e-business which are definitely worth investigating!  * * *

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