[Developers] datetime format

[Christopher R. Maden]

Arthur van Hoff wrote:
> I’m finding some dates that are of the format: 2008-01-28T07:24:17-00:00
> 
> According to the documentation the format should be: 
> 2008-01-28T07:24:17.000Z
> 
> What is going on here? What formats should I be prepared to handle?

Hi, Arthur.  Datetime valued properties will not have an explicit 
timezone assertion; they are all in UTC.

The latter form is used for system time assertions, like the dateline on 
a write or read, but not for actual property values.

~Chris
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Christopher R. Maden
Data Architect
Metaweb Technologies, Inc.
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