On 2019-04-27, Toastmasters District 61 District Council adopted a standard for expressing date and time, based on the International Standards Organization (ISO) 8601 Date and Time formats.
Date Format
| Referring to | Format | Example |
| Date | YYYY-MM-DD | 2020-11-29 |
| Year | YYYY | 2020 |
| Month | YYYY-MM | 2020-11 |
| Fiscal year | YYYY-[YYYY+1] | 2020-2021 |
Time Format
The format for time:
- 24-hour clock
- zero-filled
| Format | Examples | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| HH:MM | 00:01 09:00 12:00 21:00 24:00 |
One minute after midnight Nine in the morning Noon Nine in the evening Midnight |
How to apply the standard
Windows
- Start > Settings > Time & Language > Date, time & regional formatting > Change data formats
- Short date: YYYY-MM-DD
- Short time: HH:MM
Long date and Long time cannot be changed from the user interface.
Ref: https://www.windowscentral.com/how-change-date-and-time-formats-windows-10
MacOS
- Apple menu > System Preferences > Language & Region
- Click the Region pop-up menu, then choose a geographic region to use that region’s date, time, number, and currency formats.
- To customize the formats, click Advanced > Set options.
- In the General pane, set formats for numbers, currency, and measurements.
- In the Dates and Times panes, do any of the following:
- Type in the Short, Medium, Long, and Full fields.
- Rearrange or delete elements.
- Drag other elements, such as Era or Second, into the fields.
- Click the pop-up menus
, then choose another way to display the element type. (For example, you can display the month as a number, with or without the leading zero, or as a word, either abbreviated or spelled out.) - In the Times pane, replace AM and PM with whatever you type in those fields (unless you’re using a 24-hour clock).
Ref: https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/mac-help/mh27073/mac
Help
Contact cio@tmd61.com