# \[Amendment\] Law Standards Act

**URL:** <https://forum.theeastpacific.com/t/amendment-law-standards-act/19340>\
**Category:** The Magisterium\
**Tags:** amendment\
**Created:** [September 8, 2025, 1:58pm UTC](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/t/amendment-law-standards-act/19340 "2025-09-08T13:58:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ladona](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/user_avatar/forum.theeastpacific.com/ladona/32/15492_2.png) [@Ladona](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/u/Ladona)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 2:17pm UTC](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/t/amendment-law-standards-act/19340/2 "2025-09-08T14:17:07Z")

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So, after looking at the original [Standard Date & Time Act](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/t/standard-date-time-act/16693), I’ve realised that it has an implication beyond just legislation. As an example of this, if an Arbiter reconfirmation fails and the Magisterium reminds the Delegate that they have 7 days to come up with a new nomination, because that’s a legal deadline (as it is mandated in the Concordat) that must follow the Standard Date & Time Act.

I definitely don’t like the inclusion of Unix timestamps, as that would have very little frame of reference for anyone outside of IT or niche uses (like setting Discord timestamps) - 1757340728 doesn’t really mean much to anyone.

I would rather see something like this.

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> # Section I. CITATION
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> 1. This Act shall be known and cited as the “Standard Date & Time Act”
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> # Section II. DEFINITIONS
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> 1. “The Forums” refers to [https://forum.theeastpacific.com](https://forum.theeastpacific.com).
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> # Section III. STANDARDS
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> 1. All date/timestamps used for official purposes on The Forums must use the Discourse-native date code functionality. Examples of this are displayed in Appendix A.
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> 2. All dates used for official purposes on The Forums must follow the format YYYY-MM-DD, where YYYY is the year the event will occur, MM is the month the event will occur, and DD is the day the event will occur. Examples of this are displayed in Appendix A.
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> 3. All date/timestamps used for official purposes on The Forums must include the relevant timezeone. Examples of this are displayed in Appendix A.
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> # Appendix A. COMPLIANT EXAMPLES
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> - Individual date & time: `[date=2023-02-07 time=11:30:00 format="LLLL z" timezone="UTC"]`
> - Date & time range: `[date-range from=2023-01-07T11:30:00 to=2023-01-07T11:30:00 format="LLLL z" timezone="America\Los_Angeles"]`

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