• Waker@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    As someone that works with huge amounts of data with dates in varied formats… PLEASE let this be standardised. :')

      • can@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        I was expecting a KFC situation, but no:

        Because 'International Organization for Standardization' would have different acronyms in different languages (IOS in English, OIN in French), our founders decided to give it the short form ISO. ISO is derived from the Greek word isos (ίσος, meaning "equal"). Whatever the country, whatever the language, the short form of our name is always ISO.