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As every day both ‘start’ and ‘end’ with midnight, the two notations 00:00 and 24:00 are
available. This means that the following two notations refer to exactly the same point in time:
199502042400=199502050000.‘0000’ is usually the preferred notation for midnight and not
‘2400’.
If a date and a time are displayed on the same line, then always write the date in front of the
time.
Example: 19951231235959 is December 31, 1995 at 1 second before midnight.
Appendix II (B) Time Zone
The syntax is ‘CCYYMMDDHHMMSS.UUUU[+|-ZZzz]’ where digits can be omitted from the
right side to express less precision.
Note: The Z stands for the ‘zero meridian’, which goes through Greenwich in London.
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) was called Greenwich Mean Time (GMT, also known as
‘Zulu Time’) prior to 1972 however, GMT should no longer be used.
The strings +ZZzz, or +ZZ can be added to the time to indicate that the used local time zone is
ZZ hours and zz minutes ahead of UTC. For time zones west of the zero meridian, which are
behind UTC, the notation –ZZzz, or –zz is used instead.
When transmitting across the time zone, use this indicator to ensure no confusion about future
dates.
Example: 200509211242-08 is 12:42 pm (in the time zone that is 8 hours before UTC) on
September 21, 2005.
Appendix II (C) ISO 8601 Compliant XML Examples
April 7, 2000
effectiveTime value="20000407"/
12:42 pm (in a time zone 8 hours before UTC) on September 21, 2005.
effectiveTime value="200509211242-08"/
Sometime in the year 2000
effectiveTime value="2000"/
November 5, 1994, 8:15:30 am, US Eastern Standard Time:
19941105081530-0500 (local time with offset)
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As every day both ‘start’ and ‘end’ with midnight, the two notations 00:00 and 24:00 are
available. This means that the following two notations refer to exactly the same point in time:
199502042400=199502050000.‘0000’ is usually the preferred notation for midnight and not
‘2400’.
If a date and a time are displayed on the same line, then always write the date in front of the
time.
Example: 19951231235959 is December 31, 1995 at 1 second before midnight.
Appendix II (B) Time Zone
The syntax is ‘CCYYMMDDHHMMSS.UUUU[+|-ZZzz]’ where digits can be omitted from the
right side to express less precision.
Note: The Z stands for the ‘zero meridian’, which goes through Greenwich in London.
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) was called Greenwich Mean Time (GMT, also known as
‘Zulu Time’) prior to 1972 however, GMT should no longer be used.
The strings +ZZzz, or +ZZ can be added to the time to indicate that the used local time zone is
ZZ hours and zz minutes ahead of UTC. For time zones west of the zero meridian, which are
behind UTC, the notation –ZZzz, or –zz is used instead.
When transmitting across the time zone, use this indicator to ensure no confusion about future
dates.
Example: 200509211242-08 is 12:42 pm (in the time zone that is 8 hours before UTC) on
September 21, 2005.
Appendix II (C) ISO 8601 Compliant XML Examples
April 7, 2000
effectiveTime value="20000407"/
12:42 pm (in a time zone 8 hours before UTC) on September 21, 2005.
effectiveTime value="200509211242-08"/
Sometime in the year 2000
effectiveTime value="2000"/
November 5, 1994, 8:15:30 am, US Eastern Standard Time:
19941105081530-0500 (local time with offset)