Explanation of Terms and their Use

Date and Time

The date and time are displayed in accordance with ISO standard 8601. The information is provided in UTC.

In the lists, the date and time are displayed as follows:

  • The date is displayed in the format YYYY-MM-DD.

    • Example: 2010-04-07.

  • This is followed by T (for time) as a separator between the date and time.

    • Example: 2010-04-07T.

  • This is followed by the time in the format hh:mm:ss.

    • Example: 2010-04-07T13:16:00.

  • This is followed by the recommended indication of the difference to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) in the format +hh:mm.

    • Example: 2010-04-07T13:16:00+01:00.

 

UNIX Time

UNIX time is the number of seconds elapsed since midnight (00:00) of 1 January 1970.