Date and time format

Dates and times are represented in one of the following formats:

• UTC. For example, 2014-07-08T00:00:00Z.
• Local time with UTC offset. For example, 2014-10-26T21:32:52+02:00.

In UTC format, Z indicates a zero UTC offset, as in the first example above. In the second example, +2:00 indicates that the local time is two hours ahead of UTC. To represent a local time behind UTC, the offset would show a negative value (for example, -2:00).