Summary:
Holds a datetime value.
Type specification:
datetime_type
is derived from string
The type complies with ISO-8601, the International Standard for the representation of dates and times. The format is as follows.
YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ
where:
YYYY
-- four-digit year.
MM
-- two-digit month (01 = January, etc.).
DD
-- two-digit day of month (01 through 31).
The letter T
in DDThh
must literally be present to indicate the beginning of the time element.
hh
-- two digits of hour (00 through 23, am/pm is NOT allowed).
mm
-- two digits of minute (00 through 59).
ss
-- two digits of second (00 through 59).
Z
-- GMT/UTC offset (+hhmm or -hhmm).
Example:
2006-05-28T19:05:30-0500 corresponds to May 28, 2006, 19:05:30 (or 7:05:30 pm), US Eastern Standard Time.