Date and time format#
The service uses an ISO 8601 compliant date format for the display and consumption of date and time values. The system time is expressed as UTC.
Service date and time format
YYYY-MM-DD'T'hh:mm:ssZ
For example, May 19, 2016 at 8:07:08 AM, GMT-5 would have the following UCT-5 format:
2016-05-19T08:07:08-05:00
The following table describes the date and time format codes.
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| YYYY | Four-digit year |
| MM | Two-digit month |
| DD | Two-digit day |
| T | Separator for date and time |
| hh | Two-digit hour (00-23) |
| mm | Two-digit minute |
| ss | Two-digit second |
| Z | Time zone offset from UTC. If Z is not replaced with the offset from UTC, it indicates a 00:00 offset. |