Date/Time Formats

Use the following date/time formats in the Hotel Ads XML messages and feeds.

Date

Dates are expressed in the following format:

 YYYY-MM-DD 
  • YYYY : Four-digit year
  • MM : Two-digit month
  • DD : Two-digit day

Example: 2017-12-31 for December 31st, 2017.

YearlessDate

Yearless dates express a date event that occurs every year, and are expressed in the following format:

 MM-DD 
  • MM : Two-digit month
  • DD : Two-digit day

Example: 12-31 for December 31st.

DateTime

DateTime uses the RFC 3339 format:

  YYYY 
 - 
 MM 
 - 
 DD T 
HH 
 : 
 mm 
 [ 
 :ss.SSS 
 ] +|- 
 
 HH 
 : 
 mm 
 [ 
  Z 
 
 ] 
 
  • YYYY : Four-digit year
  • MM : Two-digit month
  • DD : Two-digit day
  • T : Separates the date from the time
  • HH : Hours
  • mm : Minutes
  • ss : (Optional) Seconds
  • SSS : (Optional) Milliseconds
  • +|- : Separates the date and time from the timezone offset
  • HH:mm : Hours and minutes in the timezone offset
  • Z : (Optional) Zero offset

Example: 2017-12-31T16:20:00-04:00 .

You can also specify Z for the timezone offset, which indicates zero offset.

Time

Time is expressed in the format:

  HH 
 : 
 MM 
 [: 
 SS 
 ] 
 
  • HH : Hours
  • MM : Minutes
  • SS : (Optional) Seconds

Example: 16:20:00 or 16:20 .

Times are interpreted in the local time zone of the associated property.

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