ISO standards were set up with the use of all countries' standard designation.
ISO standards are thought to represent the best interests and needs of the broader global society.
The ISO standard does not define any association of weeks to months.
The first edition of the ISO 8601 standard was published in 1988.
However, there is no record of it ever being approved as an ISO standard.
"We are going to use the ISO 9000 standards as the vehicle to build that system."
Each of these twenty languages is also included in the ISO 639-1 standard.
In some countries, though, the numbering system is different from the ISO standard.
Guarantees in this area are provided by ISO standards and procedures.
Moreover, it is an ISO standard, open to everyone and relatively easy to implement.