UPDM2 — 8.2.1.1.3 and 8.2.1.1.3.1 define ISO8601DateTime

The text for the definition in 8.2.1.1.3.1 is not internally consistent, nor consistent with ISO8601

Current Text

“MODAF: A date and time specified in the ISO8601 date-time format including timezone designator (TZD):
YYYY-MMDDThh:mm:ssTZD So, 7:20pm and 30 seconds on 30th July 2005 in the CET timezone would be represented as “2005- 07-30T19:20:30+01 :00.”

You may notice that the “-“ and “ “ in the pattern definition and in the example are not consistent. The ISO definition is as follows:

YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssTZD

Where TZD= Z for Zulu (GMT)

= or ±NN:NN

With the example of 7:20 pm and 30 seconds on 30th July 2005 in the CET (Central European)Timezone would be

“2005-07-30T19:20:30+01:00”

Suggested Fix.

a) Correct Pattern definition

YYYY-MMDDThh:mm:ssTZD à YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssTZD (where TZD=Z or ±NN:NN)

This adds the – between the MM and DD subfields, and explains the possible values for the TZD field

b) Correct Example

2005- 07-30T19:20:30+01 :00 à 2005-07-30T19:20:30+01:00

This drops the extra space before the month and after the timezone offset hour.

The current version of the specfiication has the correct definition of IS08601 date time in the spec. Therefore it was decided to close this issue with no change

Proposed Disposition: Closed, no change