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UTCTime Type

Date and time, as Universal Coordinated Time (year without century numbers), in the format:

YYMMDDHHMM[SS]Z

GMT date and time (to minutes or seconds); Z indicates GMT time

YYMMDDHHMM[SS]sHHMM

Local date and time (to minutes or seconds); with signed zone offset from GMT time (s = + or -)

External Form - Input

Any valid input, as described.

External Form - Output

Any valid data, as described.

Local Form and Behavior

On input data is stored as supplied. If the component has a fixed length then a short input string will be padded with blanks. Truncation is not allowed.