Notice of Amendment
OB-2023-55 | Formatting Amendments Omnibus Passed
The Standard Date & Time Act was amended by the 59th Magisterium on 2023-12-16T07:36:00Z following Delegate sign-off.
Reformatted Act
Standard Date Time Act
SECTION I. CITATION
…1.1. This Act shall be known and cited as the “Standard Date Time Act”.
SECTION II. DEFINITIONS
…2.2. For the purposes of this Act, “TEP Forums” shall be “https://forum.theeastpacific.com”.
SECTION III. OFFICIAL TIME STANDARD
…3.1. The official timezone for the East Pacific shall be Universal Coordinated Time, also known by the abbreviation UTC.
…3.2. The official date format for the East Pacific shall be the “Discourse standard”, defined as YYYY-MM-DD
…3.2.1. YYYY-MM-DD is comprised of the following:a). YYYY is defined as the Year; ie 2023.b). MM is defined as the Month; ie 02.c). DD is defined as the Day; ie 07.
…3.3. All date-timestamps posted on the TEP Forums used to define legal deadlines must use the Discourse-native “date” code functionality.
…3.1. Examples of compliant date-time codes are displayed in Appendix A.
SECTION IV. EXEMPTIONS
…4.1. The provisions of this Act do not preclude or prevent the usage of any other timezone or date-time measurement system for non-official purposes.
Appendix A. Example of Compliant Date & Time Codes
- 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="UTC"]