This page is updated 1998 November 16, and is a major update. It follows the last minor update of 1998 October 16, and previous major update of 1998 September 16/20, and the minor updates of 1998 August 12/16 and 1998 April 25. A lot more links have been added since the previous major update of 1998 March 24 when a very large number of new links were added. Some of the older links shown are known to be not working and are marked as 'N/A' at present. When time permits, this problem will be resolved. There may be a few other links that have failed, but hopefully there is enough here that still works for everyone to find the information that they require. Some links have [Alt] after them. This denotes an alternative address.
This page mainly consists of links to files, documents and programs that are located on many other sites scattered all around the world. Most of those sites do NOT contain a link back to this page. In this case you need to use the 'BACK' [Left Pointing Arrow] button on your Browser to return here. Better still use the 'Bookmark' [Netscape] or 'Favourites' [Explorer] feature to store the address [URL] of this Web Page for future reference.
This Web Page is now mirrored at a new location. Check out:
The new site contains revised versions of the ISO 8601 information files and will soon incorporate some screen shots to illustrate the points being made. The site should be ready before the end of 1998, but several files are already uploaded. This particular page is now located at:
For the Article about Standards in the Computer Shopper magazine (Issue 129, dated 1998-November), a temporary Web Page has been set up. This is currently located at:
This page contains additions and corrections to the article, as well as further links to other Web Pages dealing with various computer and Internet related standards. The page is now also mirrored at:
files on the "Year 2000" problems and various date standards:
Why ISO 8601 is relevant to Year 2000 projects.
Details of the ISO 8601 Date Standard
ISO Dates, Julian Day, etc.
Which Countries have signed up to the ISO 8601 standard? Find out here.
Which Countries have signed up to the ISO 8601 standard? An updated version of the list.
How the ISO 8601 standard could help Amateur Radio operators.
of G1SMD's "Common Date-Time Standard for Amateur Radio" Proposal Document. Hosted by John Morris, GM4ANB.
of G1SMD's "Common Date-Time Standard for Amateur Radio" Proposal Document. Hosted by John Morris, GM4ANB [New Address for Document: 1998-May onwards].
of G1SMD's "Common Date-Time Standard for Amateur Radio" Proposal Document. New site 1998-Oct onwards.
A ZIP file of various Year 2000 and ISO 8601 Texts by Ian Galpin (G1SMD) saved in plain ASCII format.
A ZIP file of various Year 2000 and ISO 8601 Texts by Ian Galpin (G1SMD) saved in plain ASCII format. New Site.
The Year 2000, Amateur Radio and Computer Systems. A Guide for Programmers and Users of Amateur Radio Computer Software.
The Year 2000, Amateur Radio and Computer Systems. A Guide for Programmers and Users of Amateur Radio Computer Software. New Site.
Use FTP Search to find the file G1SMD.ZIP if the link above does not work.
This file describes how to set up IBM-compatible PCs running either IBM or Microsoft DOS (Version 5.0 or later), Windows 3.1 or 3.11, or Windows 95 or NT4 to use the ISO 8601 Date and Time formats. The file also includes information on the Year 2000 Bug affecting the File Manager of versions 3.1 and 3.11 of Windows.
This file describes how to set up IBM-compatible PCs running either IBM or Microsoft DOS (Version 5.0 or later), Windows 3.1 or 3.11, or Windows 95 or NT4 to use the ISO 8601 Date and Time formats. The file also includes information on the Year 2000 Bug affecting the File Manager of versions 3.1 and 3.11 of Windows. New Site.
This ZIP file allows the Acorn RiscPC to use the ISO 8601 Date and Time Standard formats. Includes complete instructions for installation. File written by James Miller, G3RUH.
Another copy of the ISO 8601 Template File and instructions for the Acorn RiscPC, as compiled by James Miller, G3RUH.
Another copy of the ISO 8601 Template File and instructions for the Acorn RiscPC, as compiled by James Miller, G3RUH.
The BATC (British Amateur Television Club) has now adopted the ISO 8601 standard. See the 'Date and Time' document here for more information on this.
The BATC (British Amateur Television Club) has now adopted the ISO 8601 standard. Another copy of the document. This one is held on the QSL.NET Site.
Answers to the the Design Dilemma column of Design News magazine of 1997-Oct/Nov, discussing the Year 2000 Problem and the implementation of the ISO 8601 standard.
In the 1998-September issue of The EME Newsletter, there is a copy of the paper presented at the '8th, 432 MHz and Above, EME Conference' in Paris, France on 1998 August 08. This paper is entitled 'A Common Date/Time Standard for Amateur Radio'. It outlines how international activities can benefit by adopting International Standard ISO 8601.
A copy of the paper presented at the '8th, 432 MHz and Above, EME Conference' in Paris, France on 1998 August 08. This paper outlines how international activities can benefit by adopting International Standard ISO 8601, and derivative standards.
1997-Aug, Technical Correspondence, Page 69 and 70. The full original uncut article as submitted to QST.
A Summary of the QST article referred to in the link above this one.
Sorry, most Review links are Not Available at present. I ran out of time to update this part of the page. Keep scrolling down for the Diagnostics, User Groups, and General Information sections.
Solving the Year 2000 Problem - Jim Keogh - AP Professional. ISBN 0-12-575560-0 (1997)
The Year 2000 Problem Solver - Bryce Ragland - McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-052517-X (1996)
The Year 2000 Software Crisis - William M. Ulrich and Ian S. Hayes - Prentice-Hall. ISBN 0-13-655664-7 (1997)
The Year 2000 Computing Crisis - Jerome T Murray. ISBN 0-07-912945-5 (1996). McGraw Hill
Year 2000 Solutions for Dummies - K. C. Bourne. ISBN 0-7645-0241-7 (1997). IDG Books. [Second Edition only, which corrects a number of errors, is recommended]
Managing 00. Surviving the Year 2000 Computing Crisis - Peter de Jager and Richard Burleon. ISBN 0-471-17937-X (1996). John Wiley and Sons Ltd.
Year 2000: Core Business Show Stopper or Costly Irritant. ISBN x-xx-xxxxxx-x. (xxxx). VNU Business Publications.
Campaign for ISO format dates on Internet, by Steve Adams in Sheffield, England.
A Summary of the ISO 8601 Date Standard, by Markus Kuhn in Germany. New Address operational 1998-May/June onwards.
A Summary of the ISO 8601 Date Standard, by Markus Kuhn in Germany. This Page has Moved (see above link). The Server Closed Down in 1998-October.
about the ISO 8601 Date Standard. Hosted on the New Zealand server of Hermetic Systems.
Peter Meyer's web page about the ISO 8601 Date Standard. Hosted on the Swiss server of Hermetic Systems.
Various Articles and Software about Calendars, Encryption, HTML Utilities, Year 2000 Problem and Standards, including ISO 8601.
Draft-Newman-DateTime-01: by Chris Newman about adopting the ISO 8601 formats in Internet protocols.
Draft-Newman-DateTime-01: by Chris Newman about adopting the ISO 8601 formats in Internet protocols.
Draft-Newman-DateTime-01: by Chris Newman about adopting the ISO 8601 formats in Internet protocols.
Guidance on using the ISO 8601 Date and Time Formats in translations, especially English <----> Japanese.
Proposed Usage of the ISO 8601 Date and Time formats within Internet protocols relating to the World Wide Web. Original document is dated: 1997-09-15.
Proposed Usage of the ISO 8601 Date and Time formats within Internet protocols relating to the World Wide Web. Updated version, dated: 1998-08-27.
Proposed Usage of the ISO 8601 Date and Time formats within Internet protocols relating to the World Wide Web. Latest Version.
with specific information relating to the ISO 8601 standard. Hosted by Victoria University of Wellington.
Order a paper copy of the ISO standard. Sorry, ISO don't allow you to download or even browse the document online. However, see the summaries above for the information you require. [Latest: Adobe Acrobat File now available. See links further on down this page].
The IAU (International Astronomical Union) announcement requiring that all FITS astronomy software is to become ISO 8601 compliant by 1999-12-31.
Information on the ISO 8601 standard. Compiled by Jukka Korpela in Finland.
Policy Statement, and Date Interchange Format Specification of Atex Corporation, a large US company that has adopted the ISO 8601 (ANSI X3.30) date standard as its default corporate format.
File about the ISO 8601 Date and Time Standard, written in 1993 by Gary Houston.
A South African led initiative in solving the Year 2000 Problem. This site includes information on the ISO 8601 standard, with links to many other related sites.
Another Summary of the ISO 8601 Date and Time Standard.
with some information relating to the ISO 8601 standard, by Professor Doctor Gerhardt Knowlmayer. The text is all in the German language. <<Sprechen Sie ein bischen Deutsche?>>
Pert of the ISO 8601 Initiative for Year 2000 by Professor Doctor Gerhardt Knowlmayer.
with some information relating to the ISO 8601 standard. The text is all in the Spanish language.
Implementation of the ISO 8601 (ANSI X3.30 / NIST FIPS 4-1) Date Standard in the State of Texas, in the US.
Information on ISO 8601 for the State of Alaska Year 2000 Programme.
Link to the US Standards Body, NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology). Document FIPS 4-1 relates to the adoption of the ISO 8601 (ANSI X3.30) Date Standard within the US (FIPS = Federal Information Processing Standards). Site also contains links to information on many other standards.
Secure Computing Centre: Restricted Access Site.
Date Standards in Programming - including ISO 8601.
Date Manipulation in Computer Programming.
The Computer Sciences Corporation and the ISO 8601 Date Standard.
released from the International Organisation for Standardisation. The file is in Adobe Acrobat Format (.PDF) and about 1.2 MB in size.
released from the International Organisation for Standardisation. The file is in Adobe Acrobat Format (.PDF) and about 1.2 MB in size. This copy is held on the QSL.NET site.
A copy of the revised draft of ISO 8601. This document is in Adobe Acrobat format. It is about 100 KB in size.
A copy of the revised draft of ISO 8601. This document is in Adobe Acrobat format. It is about 100 KB in size. This copy is held on the QSL.NET site.
Article about the Year 2000 Problem as it affects IBM-compatible PC Hardware, and the simple (free!) cures to avoid the problems described. See also New Scientist magazine (UK), 1997-Nov-08, Page 59, for a paper version.
Alternative site (New Scientist Plus) for in-depth background to New Scientist magazine (UK) articles.
Article about the Year 2000 Problem as it affects IBM-compatible PC Hardware, and the simple (free!) cures to avoid the problems described. This copy is held on the QSL.NET site. See also New Scientist magazine (UK), 1997-Nov-08, Page 59, for a paper version.
Article about the the Use of International Standards relevant to various aspects of computer usage and in programming.
Article about the the Use of International Standards relevant to various aspects of computer usage and in programming. This copy is held on the QSL.NET site.
Year 2000 Software for IBM PCs including the ISO 8601 compliant diagnostic VIEWCMOS.EXE and the TSR 2000-RTC-fix YEAR2000.COM * * Highly Recommended * *
Diagnostic Test Software for IBM PCs (2000.EXE).
Everything you need to know (various download options). At present, the download option does not work, but the document can still be browsed. * * Highly Recommended * *
Currently, this site has a later version of the IBM book than the link above.
Another site with IBM's Year 2000 Book for download.
Year 2000 Diagnostic Software for IBM PCs (Requires Colour). Dates now conform to ISO 8601 standard in versions released 1998-Apr-20 onwards. * * Recommended * *
Some AMIBIOS versions are not Year 2000 Compliant. Find out more about this, direct from the AMI Web Site.
Link to the Technical Bulletin from Dallas Semiconductor about the Year 2000 problems with the Real Time Clock (RTC) Chip used in IBM PCs. This bulletin also gives details about a replacement 'Year 2000 Compliant' RTC Chip. Note: A new BIOS chip is needed in order to be able to use the enhanced functions of the new RTC chip.
Microsoft keep moving the files around on their site. The above link no longer works. The document may be at another (unknown) address or may no longer exist. Ask Bill! I haven't got a clue.
Year 2000 Compliance Information.
Links to various Year 2000 Patches, Updates and Fixes from a variety of software manufacturers.
Information from and about various manufacturers and the 2000-worthiness (or not) of their various products.
You will quickly find from the links above that some companies offer plenty of free advice to owners of their machines, while others do not.
User Groups provide a forum for people to help each other fix problems associated with the Year 2000. Many provide local regular meetings. Check below for a User Group in your area.
Well? Are there any?
Thanks to the book 'Year 2000 Solutions for Dummies' for the hints on most of the above listed user-groups.
The Year 2000 Home-Page by Peter de Jager.
Various Questions and Answers on Year 2000 Issues.
(Belgium and Beyond)
(Centre for Software Maintenance at the University of Durham)
(CSSA) Year 2000 Page (UK)
(UK based) Elmbronze Ltd.
(IEE) Year 2000 Page (UK)
(BSI) 'Year 2000 Conformity' Document
(STSC) of the United States Air Force (USAF) Year 2000 Page
(STSC) of the United States Air Force (USAF) Year 2000 Page
On-Line Resource List (US)
Year 2000 Questionnaire and Y2K Database (UK)
Year 2000 Compliance Information
Year 2000 Page
Year 2000: Document about the usage of the ISO 8601 Date Standard in solving Year 2000 Problems
Year 2000 Computing and Information Technology: Usage of the ISO 8601 Date Standard in solving the Year 2000 Problem
Year 2000 Criteria: Date Problems and Formats. Recommends adoption of the ISO 8601 Date Format
Date Standards for the Year 2000 - recommends ISO 8601
A paper that recommends adoption of the ISO 8601 Date Standard in order to remove date format ambiguity
NPL run the UK Atomic Time Clocks. They also recommend adoption of the ISO 8601 Date Standard
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Recommendations: Use the ISO 8601 Date Format
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Recommendations: Index Page
Codes List
List of standards
Information about the ISO 8601 Date Standard
Standards useful for Business: ISO 8601
Standards Information
Information About the Year 2000 and Standards such as ISO 8601
A Swedish Ordinance Concerning the Year 2000
The Logical Choice of Calendar Date Format
Reference List of Useful Standards
Year 2000 Compliance and the ISO 8601 Date Standard
Year 2000 Support.
Year 2000 and ISO 8601 Compliance Information.
Understanding the ISO 8601 Date Standard.
Computer Research Laboratory at New Mexico State University: Tipster Annotation: ISO 8601 Date/Time Encoding.
(US) Year 2000 Home Page
(GSA) Year 2000 Page (US Government)
(GSA) Year 2000 Page (US Government)
for the Year 2000 Home Page
Home Page
(UK) Year 2000 Information
Unix Year 2000 Compliance
(ITAA) Year 2000 Information
(US) Year 2000 Check List
Hosted by NRAO (US).
The UK government's Year 2000 page set up in order to alert everyone to the impending chaos.
More UK action in beating the Year 2000 Problem.
IEEE Computer Society: Technical Council of Software Engineering - Year 2000 Page.
Small Business Help Shop (Australia).
Year 2000 Pages for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (US).
Survive 2000: Test Software, and lots of links to more.
Year 2000 Software for sale here. (See above links for free software from other vendors).
Year 2000 Test Program. Year 2000 fixes available for sale here. (See above links for free programs that do the same job).
Lots of links to yet more Year 2000 Information.
DateSpy program, and lots of links to other Year 2000 sites.
Open Integration PLC (UK). Seminars, Information, Software for the Year 2000 Problem.
A Computer Consultancy.
Some background information on the Year 2000 Problem. Lots of links to other Y2K sites.
ADV Comm: A Pakistan-based computer consultancy to fix your Year 2000 Problems.
PRAFF: A program to fix the Year 2000 Problems in your Source Code.
This domain name is for sale!
Some Year 2000 information for computers.
Greenwich Mean Time: 'Check 2000 PC' diagnostics.
ViaSoft offer a program to test the PC BIOS for Year 2000 Compliance. Don't forget to try the free programs from RighTime and Saphena that do much the same job (see above).
IT Wiseguys offer the Viperscan program to search through data files and correct any data entries that may cause problems after the end of 1999. Searches for, and replaces, a wide variety of date formats. Download a trial version (time-limited) here.
Yet another Year 2000 Test Program to try out.
Robert Hilliard's Year 2000 PC and PC BIOS Page. Lots of information on PC testing and on PC BIOS versions etc.
Information on many Year 2000 and other factors, especially those that are related to the Windows NT operating system.
Year 2000 Consultants, and a few test programs.
Microfocus: Some Year 2000 Information.
Order the 6-volume set, Year 2000 Book, from the UK Government here.
(US) Department of Information Services. Year 2000 Page. Lots of links and information. * * A very good site * *
Links to very many other Year 2000 related Web Pages. Very comprehensive!
Advice on Legal Aspects.
Specific Year 2000 Information.
Legal and Political issues surrounding Year 2000 Problem.
by Dr. Mike Smith at University of Calgary, Canada.
Year 2000 Report for the Australian Government.
UK Federation - Includes some Year 2000 information.
Y2K Page by Dr. John Stockton (UK).
Year 2000 Test Files, by Dr. John Stockton (UK), for looking at date-based corruption in directory listings. Especially useful in looking at the bugs in the File Manager of version 3.1 and 3.11 of Microsoft Windows.
Details of Year 2000 Problems in Spreadsheet programs. Sets of Test Data to check out your own programs for Year 2000 Problems.
Year 2000 fixes for Source Code.
Dutch site for Year 2000 testing and fixes.
Yet more on the Year 2000 Problem.
Information from another UK-based 'Year 2000' company.
Get the Technical Facts to a range of computer related issues.
UK based agency designed to spread awareness of the Year 2000 Problem. Get the low-down here.
The UK NCC site with information on the Year 2000 problem.
The ITU site for Y2K information.
The UN site for Y2K information.
Doom and Gloom about the effects of the Year 2000 Problem.
After all the serious stuff, download a Year 2000 screen-saver. Don't look at the count-down clock, you might worry about how little time there is left to fix the problems.
Fire up your newsgroup program and take a look at the following newsgroups:
If you are on Compuserve, try 'GO Year2000'.
Search for Files on FTP Servers World-wide by File-Name.
Search for Files on FTP Servers World-wide by File-Name.
for more Year 2000 (Y2K) and ISO 8601 links, files, programs, and documents.
There are many more sites and documents that can be accessed by using the Keywords Y2K, Year 2000, and ISO 8601 here.
Search Yahoo! for yet more!
for these Year 2000 and ISO 8601 Files and Links. Only contains a few of the best links, and is not updated as regularly as this page. It may, however, contain some links that are not yet on this page.
(C) Ian Galpin, G1SMD. This Page Hosted by Worth Hill Observatory, Dorset, England. Thanks Dave!