AS/NZS 3802:1997

1 - AS/NZS 3802:1997 DATA ELEMENTS AND INTERCHANGE FORMATS-INFORMATION INTERCHANGE-REPRESENTATION OF DATES AND TIMES
4 - PREFACE
5 - CONTENTS
7 - 0 Introduction
7 - 1 Scope and field of application
8 - 2 References
8 - 3 Terms and definitions
8 - 3.1 complete representation:
8 - 3.2 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC):
8 - 3.3 date, calendar:
8 - 3.4 date, ordinal:
8 - 3.5 day:
8 - 3.6 format, basic:
8 - 3.7 format. extended:
8 - 3.8 Gregorian calendar:
8 - 3.9 hour:
8 - 3.10 local time:
8 - 3.11 minute:
8 - 3.12 month, calendar:
8 - 3.13 period:
8 - 3.14 second:
8 - 3.15 truncated representation:
8 - 3.16 week:
8 - 3.17 week, calendar:
8 - 3.18 year:
8 - 3.19 year, calendar:
8 - 3.20 year, common:
8 - 3.21 year, leap:
9 - 4 Fundamental principles
9 - 4.1 Concept
9 - 4.2 Common features, uniqueness and combinations
9 - 4.3 Characters used in the representations
9 - 4.4 Use of separators
9 - 4.5 Truncation
9 - 4.6 Leading zero(s)
9 - 5 Representations
9 - 5.1 Explanations
9 - 5.1.1 Characters used in place of digits
9 - 5.1.2 Characters used as designators
10 - 5.2 Dates
10 - 5.2.1 Calendar date
10 - 5.2.2 Ordinal date
11 - 5.2.3 Date identified by calendar week and day numbers
12 - 5.3 Time of the day
12 - 5.3.1 Local time of the day
13 - 5.3.2 Midnight
13 - 5.3.3 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)
13 - 5.4 Combinations of date and time of the day representations
13 - 5.4.1 Complete representation
14 - 5.4.2 Representations other than complete
14 - 5.5 Periods of time
14 - 5.5.1 Means of specifying periods
14 - 5.5.2 Separators and designators
14 - 5.5.3 Complete representations
15 - 5.5.4 Representations other than complete
16 - Annex A - Relationship to ISO 2014, 2015, 2711, 3307 and 4031
17 - Annex B - Examples of representation of dates, time of the day, combinations of date and time, and periods of time
17 - B.1 Dates
18 - B.2 Time of the day
19 - B.3 Combinations of date and time
19 - B.4 Periods of time
21 - TECHNICAL CORRIGENDUM 1

Specifies the representation of dates in the Gregorian calendar and times and representations of periods of time. This Standard does not assign any particular meaning or interpretation to any data element that uses representations in accordance with this Standard. Such meaning will be determined by the context of the application. This Standard does not cover dates and times where words are used in the representation. This Standard is technically identical with and has been reproduced from ISO 8601:1988

This International Standard specifies the representation of dates in the Gregorian calendar and times and representations of periods of time. It includesa) calendar dates expressed in terms of year, month and day of month;b) ordinal dates expressed in terms of year and day of year;c) dates identified by means of year, week numbers and day numbers;d) time of the day based upon the 24-hour timekeeping system;e) differencesbetween localtime and Coordinated Universal Time (UTC);f) combination of date and time;g) periods of time, with or without either a start or end date or both.This International Standard is applicable whenever dates and times are included in information interchange.This International Standard does not cover dates and times where words are used in the representation.This International Standard does not assign any particular meaning or interpretation to any data element that uses representations in accordance with this International Standard. Such meaning will be determined by the context of the application.

First published in Australia as AS 3802-1989.
Jointly revised and designated AS/NZS 3802:1997.