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title: Dates and times
description: Format dates and times consistently.
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# Dates and times

## Product content

To account for internationalization and inclusivity of all locales, use the ISO-8601 (YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss) standard when writing dates and times as much as possible.

In general, documentation should strive to represent universal truth, not something time-bound. This is why semgrep may flag uses of explicit dates or month names or years because often become out-of-date and not be revised later.

## Blogs

Since our readership is international, keep date formats international.

When mentioning dates in text, spell them out:

* On Tuesday, May 19, attackers targeted the company's servers.
* On February 11th, 2010, the company went public.

For graphs, charts, and other visual assets use the ISO-8601 (YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss) standard.

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