# Standard Date & Time Act

**URL:** <https://forum.theeastpacific.com/t/standard-date-time-act/16693>\
**Category:** Repealed Laws\
**Created:** [March 17, 2023, 2:06am UTC](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/t/standard-date-time-act/16693 "2023-03-17T02:06:16Z")\
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**Notice of Amendment**

**OB-2023-55 |** Formatting Amendments Omnibus Passed

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The Standard Date & Time Act was amended by the 59th Magisterium on 2023-12-16T07:36:00Z following [Delegate sign-off](https://forum.theeastpacific.com/t/16271/44).

> **Reformatted Act**
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> **Standard Date Time Act**
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> ## SECTION I. CITATION
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> …1.1. This Act shall be known and cited as the “Standard Date Time Act”.
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> ## SECTION II. DEFINITIONS
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> …2.2. For the purposes of this Act, “TEP Forums” shall be “[https://forum.theeastpacific.com](https://forum.theeastpacific.com)”.
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> ## SECTION III. OFFICIAL TIME STANDARD
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> …3.1. The official timezone for the East Pacific shall be Universal Coordinated Time, also known by the abbreviation UTC.
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> …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.
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> …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.
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> ## SECTION IV. EXEMPTIONS
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> …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.
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> ### Appendix A. Example of Compliant Date & Time Codes
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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="UTC"]`

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