This National Standard of Canada is based on International Standard ISO 8601:1988.
1. Scope
1.1 This Standard covers the writing, typing, and printing of dates and times when all-numeric forms are used, and is applicable for general use.
1.2 This Standard is less comprehensive than, but not in conflict with, CAN/CSA-Z234.5 (Adopted ISO Standard 8601), Data Elements and Interchange…
Data Elements and Interchange Formats - Information Interchange -
Representation of Dates and Time...
This National Standard of Canada is equivalent to International
Standard ISO 8601:1988. It specifies the representation of dates
in the Gregorian calendar and times and representations of
periods of time.