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Informats

B8601DZw.d Informat



Reads datetime values that are specified in the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) time scale using ISO 8601 datetime basic notation yyyymmddThhmmss+|-hhmm or yyyymmddThhmmssffffffZ.
Category: Date and Time
ISO 8601
Alignment: left
Alias: ND8601DZ
Time Zone Informat: Yes
ISO 8601 Element: 5.4.1 Complete representation

Syntax
Syntax Description
Details
Examples
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Syntax

B8601DZw.d


Syntax Description

w

specifies the width of the input field.

Default: 26
Range: 20-35
d

specifies the number of digits to the right of the seconds value, which represents a fraction of a second. This argument is optional.

Default: 0
Range: 0-6

Details

UTC values specify a time and a time zone based on the zero meridian in Greenwich, England. The B8602DZ informat reads datetime values that are specified in one of the following ISO 8601 basic datetime notations:

yyyymmddThhmmss+|-hhmm

yyyymmddThhmmssffffffZ

where

yyyy

is a four-digit year, such as 2008

mm

is a two-digit month (zero padded) between 01 and 12

dd

is a two-digit day of the month (zero padded) between 01 and 31

hh

is a two-digit hour (zero padded), between 00 and 24

mm

is a two-digit minute (zero padded), between 00 and 59

ss

is a two-digit second (zero padded), between 00 and 59

.ffffff

are optional fractional seconds, with a precision of up to six digits, where each digit is between 0 and 9.

Z

indicates that the time is for zero meridian (Greenwich, England) or UTC time.

+|-hhmm

is an hour and minute signed offset from zero meridian time. Note that the offset must be +|-hhmm (that is, + or - and four characters).

Use + for time zones east of the zero meridian and use - for time zones west of the zero meridian. For example, +0200 indicates a two hour time difference to the east of the zero meridian, and -0600 indicates a six hour time differences to the west of the zero meridian.

Restriction: The shorter form +|-hh is not supported.

Examples

input @1 bdz b8601dz.;

Data Line Results
----+----1

20080915T155300+0500
1537095180


See Also

Reading Dates and Times Using the ISO 860 Basic and Extended Notations

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