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RFC3339 is a pretty reasonable profile of ISO8601 http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3339.txt

I'm always a bit nervous when people talk about ISO8601, given that very few people have probably read the spec, and are likely guessing as to its content.

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I agree. The main barrier to actually reading the ISO8601 spec is that it costs money, and is not cheap (if memory services its ~$150), leaving people to read the draft specs (which are harder to get a hold of in their full form) or the Wikipedia entry.

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