To bring the International Date and Time Format to the attention of the Internet world and beyond.
An ISO8601-compliant date such as 2002-03-10 (format YYYY-MM-DD) is understandable by everyone, whereas 04/03/02 can be interpreted by different people in different ways. Sometimes the date you see can be very important...
Likewise, ISO8601-compliant Time is in a standard 24-hour
format, either stated directly in UT (Universal Time),
{preferred} or else in local time but with a numerical
indicator showing the local timezone offset from UT.
... I agree with that interpretation. On the other hand, I expect that you and your partners in interchange could mutually agree that it means what you want;
I'm not sure you can. In 2004 version, section 2.1.17 is clear that recurring time interval is defined as consecutive time periods. What you want requires a
Hi, How does one show the first quarter (January to March) of every year using ISO 8601. I know that recurring is represented by "R" and that a period for the
Hi, How do I represent the first three months of every year in ISO 8601. I know one can represent a period by "P3M" and one can represent a recurring period
... That's fine if your application imposes such restrictions, but it is not what ISO 8601 requires. ISO 8601 fixes some notations but it does not constrain