Standard protocols and encoding rules published for developers to apply in the health industry. These were created by the Accredited Standards Committee X12 (ASC X12), a committee formed by American National Standards Institute (ANSI). HL7 sets some of the electronic standards for exchange of clinical and administrative information in health care applications (see Box H-1 ).Box H-1HEALTH LEVEL SEVEN FORMAT OF DATE AND TIME OF BIRTHTo determine the date and time of a patient’s birth date (e.g., for a neonate, for whom the age in hours might be relevant), the time of the birth, using military time, can be recorded with the birth date. From this, the age can be generated from the date of birth (DOB). Baby Jane was born on March 24, 2007, at 8:26 am .When the required HL7 format is YYYY MMDDHHMM, Baby Jane’s date and time of birth will be entered for transmission as: 200703240826YYYYMMDDHHMM200703240826YearMonthDayHourMinute