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Parameter: ISO_DATETIME_UTC_START_EVENT

Dataset: 
GP16 Dissolved iron speciation
Parameter: 
ISO_DateTime_UTC
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 ISO_DateTime_UTC
Short Description:
 ISO_DateTime_UTC
Official Name:
 ISO_DateTime_UTC
No Data Value:
 nd
Description:
 

Date/Time (UTC) ISO formatted
This standard is based on ISO 8601:2004(E) and takes on any of the following forms:
2009-08-30T09:05:00[.xx] (local time)
2009-08-30T14:05:00[.xx]Z (UTC time)
2009-08-30T14:05:00[.xx]-05:00
The dashes and the colons can be dropped.
The T can also be dropped "by mutual agreement", but one needs the trailing Z if the time is UTC.

Sample ISO_datetime_utc:
2009-08-30T14:05:00[.xx]Z (UTC time)

Format: YYYY-mm-ddTHH:MM:SS[.xx]Z (UTC time)

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
ISO_DATETIME_UTC_START_EVENT
Supplied Units: 
year-month-day-hour-minute-second
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Conversion Utility: 
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 
Event start date/time (UTC) formatted to ISO8601 standard. T indicates start of time string; Z indicates UTC. Calculated from original date and time fields. Values were added from the intermediate US GEOTRACES EPZT master file (see Processing Description). Formatted as YYYY-mm-ddTHH:MM:SS.ssZ