@marqh, I am proposing only one idea from ISO8601, the mapping of zero and 
negative year numbers as you just showed.  Year 0 = 1 BC, etc.  I am not 
proposing a full adoption of an ISO8601 format.  ISO8601 uses fixed length 
numbers, whereas the CF date/time stamp allows variable length numbers with 
delimiters.  Also, CF does not use the **plus sign**.

The delimited system is robust and has served us well for a long time.  The CF 
delimited system accommodates ISO8601 fixed width formats when the standard 
delimiters including the **"T"** separator are used.  E.g., 
**YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS** is correct under both systems.

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