Rational Developer for System z

DateTime formats

When you create a dateTime object in the MRM, you must specify a format string in the object's Format String property for each physical format layer (CWF, TDS, XML).
You can use the symbols defined in the following list to control the format in which the dateTime appears in the message data.

You can only use dateTime for Gregorian calendar dates.

DateTime information can appear in a message as:
  • String data. This includes TDS, XML, and all CWF physical formats except those mentioned later on in this topic. This is described further in DateTime as STRING data.
  • Binary data. This is for the CWF Binary physical format. See DateTime as CWF BINARY data for more information.
  • An offset from an epoch in seconds or milliseconds. This is used if you have set the CWF Physical Type property to Time Seconds or Time Milliseconds respectively. See DateTime as CWF encoded values for details of this option.

The defaults that are set for each message set property that relates to dateTime, for each physical representation (CWF, TDS, XML), are defined in Message set defaults.


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