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Timestamp

Timestamp edit patterns use all of the specifiers in both the date and time edit patterns. In addition, timestamp edit patterns include a pattern for microseconds. These fractional portions of a second can be specified using from 1 to 6 digits of precision. Also, the MM component is ambiguous between dates (month of the year) and times (minutes after the hour). MM used in a timestamp edit pattern will be assumed to be the month of the year, MI will be the minutes after the hour.

The following table lists the descriptions for all the specifiers:

Specifier

Description

N

1-digit fractional second (1/10th Second)

NN

2-digit fractional second (1/100th Second)

NNN

3-digit fractional second (1/1000th Second) or milliseconds

NNNN

4-digit fractional second (1/10,000th Second)

NNNNN

5-digit fractional second (1/100,000th Second)

NNNNNN

6-digit fractional second (1/1,000,000th Second) or microseconds

The following table lists all of the timestamp format specifiers.

Internal Timestamp (YYYYMMDDHHMISSNNNNNN)


Edit Pattern


Presentation

19960528123456123456

HH:MI:SS.N

12:34:56.1

19960528123456123456

12:MI:SS.NN PM

12:34:56.12 AM

19960528234500123456

12:MI:SS.NNN PM

11:45:00.123 PM