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title: Date and Time formatting
slug: connect/date-and-time-formatting
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createdAt: 2023-11-27T14:48:39.815Z
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To ensure proper formatting of the date field in all API requests, please use the ISO 8601 format for mixed date-time: **YYYY-MM-DDThh\:mm\:ss.SSSZ**

Example: `2022-06-25T20:08:17.848Z`

Here's a breakdown of the format:

- `YYYY` is the 4-digit year
- `MM` is the 2-digit month (zero-padded)
- `DD` is the 2-digit day (zero-padded)
- `T` is a constant to indicate that the time follows
- `hh` is the 2-digit hour (zero-padded)
- `mm` is the 2-digit minute (zero-padded)
- `ss` is the 2-digit second (zero-padded)
- `SSS` is the 3-digit millisecond (zero-padded)
- `Z` is the zero UTC offset (zero-padded)

:::hint{type="info"}
All dates and times are stored and displayed in **UTC** (Greenwich Mean Time) timezone.
:::

While the ISO 8601 standard does support some versions of timezone syntax, we recommend leaving timezones off all date/time parameter values. We treat and store all date/time values in UTC.

Appending the time value with a "Z" is acceptable, as this indicates UTC. Note that the "Z" letter should be included without a space.

:::hint{type="info"}
Please be aware of your local timezone when working with API dates and times. If you're in UTC-3 (Brasília Time) when it's 9:01pm, you should already change the date used to the next day.
:::

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