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 |
SSS |
Microsecond |
SSSSSS |
Nanosecond |
SSSSSSSSS |
Space/separator (required if time is specified) |
'T' |
Zulu (Greenwich Mean Time) |
'Z' |
Time zone (ISO 8601 time zone) |
X |
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
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