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Standards shouldn't be behind a paywall (lemmy.world)
submitted 11 months ago by qaz@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.ml
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  • ISO 8601 is paywalled
  • RFC allows a space instead of a T (e.g. 2020-12-09 16:09:...) which is nicer to read.
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[–] drdabbles@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

ISO standards need to be purchased to be viewed, RFCs are freely available requests for comment. The RFC 3339 format is effectively the same is the ISO format, except RFC 3339 allows for a space between the date and time components whereas the ISO format uses a "T" character to separate date and time components.

If you want to get real weird, RFCs are not standards but rather a request for other participants to comment on the proposal. RFCs tend to be pointed towards as de facto standards though, even before they become a BCP or STD.

[–] Pratai@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Yeah… I have no idea what any of that means either. I’m sorry I caused you to write all that out.