How an application program sends a TIME value to CMIP services

An application program can send a TIME value to CMIP services for either type of time is in the following forms:


>>-+-------+--+-YYYY/MM/DD-HH:MM:SS--+------+--+---------+-+---><
   '-label-'  |                      '-.--T-'  +-Z-------+ |   
              |                                +-+HH:MM--+ |   
              |                                '- -HH:MM-' |   
              '-<--hex value-->----------------------------'

where the initial fields correspond to the year (4 digits), month, day, hours (specified using the 24-hour clock), minutes, and seconds. The additional fields are optional and can be included if the sender chooses. These represent the tenths of a second (.T), the type of the time (Z indicates GMT, + or - indicates a GMT offset and nothing indicates local time).

The entire non-hexadecimal value can be enclosed in quotation marks, as can any other string value, if the sender wishes.