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Re: [saag] Date formats: RFC3339 vs. RFC 5322

Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com> Tue, 13 April 2021 19:04 UTC

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From: Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2021 12:04:19 -0700
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To: Yakov Shafranovich <yakov@nightwatchcybersecurity.com>
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Subject: Re: [saag] Date formats: RFC3339 vs. RFC 5322
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For use in protocols, I think you'd probably find that most people would
strongly favor the use of 3339 if at all possible.

On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 11:44 AM Yakov Shafranovich <
yakov@nightwatchcybersecurity.com> wrote:

> Is there a preference for Internet drafts/RFCs regarding the specific
> data/time format to be used?
>
> Right now we are referencing RFC 5322, but there has been feedback
> from multiple people that the ISO 8601 format is easier to parse. This
> is in regards to the section 3.5.5 of "draft-foudil-securitytxt-11"
> that I am working on:
> https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-foudil-securitytxt-11#section-3.5.4
>
> The options I am asking about are the following:
> - RFC 3339 (a profile of ISO 8601)
> Example: 2021-04-13T06:50:53-07:00
>
> - RFC 5322, section 3.3
> Example: Tue, 13 Apr 2021 06:50:53 -0700
>
> Thanks
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