Date and time notation in Belgium

According to the BIN standard (NBN Z 01-002), there are 3 ways to write a date in Belgium:^[1]

yyyy-mm-dd ddd. ("2000-09-09 Sat./za./sam./Sa.") is the ISO.^[2]
^[3]
ddd. dd.mm.yy ("Sat./za./sam./Sa. 09.09.00") ^[4]
ddd. d mmm. yyyy ("Sat. 9 Sep. 2000" in Belgian English, "za. 9 sep. 2000" in Belgian Dutch, "sam. 9 sep. 2000" in Belgian French or "Sa. 9 sep. 2000" in East Cantonian German).

All Belgian weeks begins on a Mon. at 00:00:00. In written language, time is expressed exclusively in 24-hour using a colon to separate h. and min. when writing "00:09" in Belgian English, writing "0h09" in Belgian French, writing "0u09" in Belgian Dutch, writing "0U09" in East Cantonian German. In formal language, people to use the 24-hour.

Date and time notation in Europe
Sovereign states	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kazakhstan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom
States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Artsakh Kosovo Northern Cyprus South Ossetia Transnistria
Dependencies and other entities	Åland Faroe Islands Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey Svalbard

References

↑ "Datumnotatie" [Date format]. Taaltelefoon (in Dutch). Vlaanderen. 2015-06-07.
↑ VVKSO. BIN-NORMEN. Brussels: LICAP CVBA. ISBN 978-90-6858-651-0. Short version:
↑ http://trac2.assembla.com/Team6GPR/export/3/BIN-normen.pdf
↑ Belgian Federal Government – Portal

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