1 Scope
This document specifies representations of dates of the Gregorian calendar and times based on the 24-hour clock , as well as composite elements of them, as character strings for use in information
interchange. It is also applicable for representing times and time shifts based on Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC ).
This document excludes the representation of date elements from non- Gregorian calendars or times not from the 24-hour clock . This document does not address character encoding of representations specified in
this document.