xsd:dateTime

The type xsd:dateTime represents a specific date and time in the format CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.sss, which is a concatenation of the date and time forms, separated by a literal letter "T". All of the same rules that apply to the date and time types are applicable to xsd:dateTime as well.

An optional time zone expression may be added at the end of the value. The letter Z is used to indicate Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). All other time zones are represented by their difference from Coordinated Universal Time in the format +hh:mm, or -hh:mm. These values may range from -14:00 to 14:00. For example, US Eastern Standard Time, which is five hours behind UTC, is represented as -05:00. If no time zone value is present, it is considered unknown; it is not assumed to be UTC.

Simple Type Information

Namespace: http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema

Schema Document: builtintypes.xsd

Content

Based on xsd:anyAtomicType
White Space: collapse

Examples

Valid values	Comment
`2004-04-12T13:20:00`	1:20 pm on April 12, 2004
`2004-04-12T13:20:15.5`	1:20 pm and 15.5 seconds on April 12, 2004
`2004-04-12T13:20:00-05:00`	1:20 pm on April 12, 2004, US Eastern Standard Time
`2004-04-12T13:20:00Z`	1:20 pm on April 12, 2004, Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)
Invalid values	Comment
`2004-04-12T13:00`	seconds must be specified
`2004-04-1213:20:00`	the letter T is required
`99-04-12T13:00`	the century must not be left truncated
`2004-04-12`	the time is required
	an empty value is not valid, unless `xsi:nil` is used

Type Inheritance Chain

xsd:anyType
- xsd:anySimpleType
  - xsd:anyAtomicType
    - xsd:dateTime
      - restricted by xsd:dateTimeStamp