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Date/Time Key Elements
The key elements of the Date/Time format include:
| COMPONENT |
FORMAT |
| Year |
yyyy |
|
Month |
MM |
|
Day |
dd |
|
Hour (24-hour clock) |
HH |
|
Minute |
mm |
| Second |
ss |
| Hour (12-hour clock; a.m., p.m.) |
tt |
| Millisecond |
fff |
| Microsecond |
ffffff |
| Nanosecond |
fffffffff |
| Space/separator (required if time is specified) |
'T' |
| Zulu (Greenwich Mean Time) |
'Z' |
| Timezone (UTC or Local) |
K |
| UNIX Epoch time |
POSIX |
| Milliseconds since UNIX Epoch Time |
POSIXMILLIS |
NOTE:
To parse and format times with higher than millisecond precision, the format string needs to end with a period followed by sequence of lower case Fs. There can be no additional characters following them.
For example: yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.ffffff