EN 28601 is adopted in Britain as BS EN 28601. ISO 8601 is adopted in America as an ANSI standard. ISO 8601 is the Default National Standard in Denmark, Sweden, most East European countries, China, Korea, Japan, and many others. ISO 8601 also has other provisions for Date expressed as Week and Day of Week, and for specifying Periods of Time. These are not especially relevant to Amateur Radio, and are not covered by this proposal.
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