$N8601Bw.d Format

Writes ISO 8601 duration, datetime, and interval forms by using the basic notations PnYnMnDTnHnMnS and yyyymmddThhmmss.

Categories:	Date and Time ISO 8601
Alignment:	left
Restriction:	UTC time zone offset values are not supported.
Supports:	ISO 8601 Element 5.4.4, complete representation

Syntax

$N8601Bw.d

w: specifies the width of the output field.

Default:50

Range:1–200

Requirement:The minimum length for a duration value or a datetime value is 16. The minimum length for an interval value is 16.

d: specifies the number of digits to the right of the lowest-order component. This argument is optional.

Default:0

Range:0–3

The $N8601B format writes ISO 8601 duration, datetime, and interval values as character data for the following basic notations:

The lowest-order component can contain fractions, as in these examples:

put nb $n8601b.;