Eric Miller writes:
> > > * FGDC
> > > Date conforms to the date formats described in the FGDC. For
> > > example 19960831.
> Regarding DATE standards,
>
> ANSI X3.30-1985 defines YYYYMMDD for A.D. Era to December 31, 9999
>
> as well as other schemes for B.C. and A.D. after 9999
Whoops... I forgot to add that this ANSI.. *is* the scheme that the
FGDC uses.
eric j. miller <URL:http://purl.oclc.org/net/eric>
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