ISO - ISO 8601 — Date and time format

ISO 8601 is the internationally accepted way to represent dates and times.

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See also RFC 3339 (and bonus: publicly readable without having to pay a fee):

https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3339

RFC 3339: Date and Time on the Internet: Timestamps

This document defines a date and time format for use in Internet protocols that is a profile of the ISO 8601 standard for representation of dates and times using the Gregorian calendar.

IETF Datatracker
Information on RFC 7322 » RFC Editor

@tychotithonus @hotdogsladies also this helpful diagram of the wacky world of standardized time representations https://ijmacd.github.io/rfc3339-iso8601/
RFC 3339 vs ISO 8601

Comparison between RFC 3339 and ISO 8601 date formats

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It's no ISO 9000, but still incredibly useful on a time by time basis.