Date and time format#
For the display and consumption of date and time values, the Rackspace Autoscale service uses a date format that complies with ISO 8601.
The system time is expressed as UTC.
Example: Autoscale date and time format
yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ
For example, the UTC-5 format for May 19, 2013 at 8:07:08 a.m. is
2013-05-19T08:07:08-05:00
The following table shows the date and time format codes.
Table: Date and time format codes
yyyy |
Four digit year |
|---|---|
MM |
Two digit month |
DD |
Two digit day |
T |
Separator for date/time |
HH |
Two digit hour (00-23) |
mm |
Two digit minute |
ss |
Two digit second |
Z |
RFC 8601 timezone (offset from GMT). If Z is not replaced with the offset from GMT, it indicates a 00:00 offset. |