Date-Time Value Formats

A date-time value uses these formats:

• YYYY
• YYYY-MM
• YYYY-MM-DD
• YYYY-MM-DDThh:mmTZD
• YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssTZD
• YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.sTZD

Format details:

• YYYY: four-digit year
• MM: two-digit month (01=January)
• DD: two-digit day (01 to 31)
• hh: two-digit hour (00 to 23)
• mm: two-digit minute (00 to 59)
• ss: two-digit second (00 to 59)
• s: decimal fraction of a second
• TZD: time zone (Z, +hh:mm, or -hh:mm)

The time zone designator is optional. If missing, the time zone is unknown.

Prefer local time-zone designators (+hh:mm or -hh:mm) over converting to UTC.

Example:
2004-10-23T12:00:00-06:00 is more informative than 2004-10-23T18:00:00Z.

For more details, see the official documentation: XMP Data Types .