Date and time notation in Belgium explained

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

• day d month yyyy ("maandag 9 september 2000"/"lundi 9 septembre 2000"/"Montag, den 9. September 2000")
• dd.mm.yyyy ("09.09.2000")^[2]
• yyyy-mm-dd ("2000-09-09") is the ISO 8601.^{[3] [4]}

All Belgian weeks begin on Monday at 00:00.

In written language, time is expressed exclusively in 24-hour using a colon to separate hours and minutes (HH:MM). It is written 09:09/21:21.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Datumnotatie . 2015-06-07 . Taaltelefoon . Vlaanderen . Dutch . Date format.
2. http://www.belgium.be Belgian Federal Government – Portal
3. Book: BIN-NORMEN. VVKSO. 2005. LICAP CVBA. 978-90-6858-651-0. Brussels. 2011-01-12. 2011-01-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20110121182524/http://www.boek.be/boek/bin-normen. dead. Short version: http://ond.vvkso-ict.com/vvksomainnieuw/brochure/Vouwblad%20BIN-normen%20Zwart.pdf
4. http://trac2.assembla.com/Team6GPR/export/3/BIN-normen.pdf