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

[James Bryce Clark <jamie.clark@mmiec.com>]

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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