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RFC 6019: BinaryTime: An Alternate Format for Representing Date and Time in ASN.1

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This document specifies a new ASN.1 type for representing time: BinaryTime. This document also specifies an alternate to the signing-time attribute for use with the Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) SignedData and AuthenticatedData content types; the binary-signing-time attribute uses BinaryTime. CMS and the signing-time attribute are defined in RFC 5652. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

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Document ID
RFC6019
Published
September 2010
Authors
R. Housley
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
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Pages
6
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Obsoletes:
RFC 4049

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