Categories Programming ISO 8601 Post author By Leon Post date March 8, 2013 ISO 8601 was published in 1988. It seems abundantly obvious, yet I am still annoyed repeatedly by files named with whatever pet format the creator likes. Damn it! Name it MyProject-2013-03-08.tar.gz, already! ISO 8601 XKCD: ISO 8601 ← Jobs chart suggests there will be no recovery → How Free Services Make Money