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Parameter: ISO_DateTime_Local

Dataset: 
Normalized oxygen from MCH incubations
Parameter: 
ISO_DateTime_Local
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 ISO_DateTime_Local
Short Description:
 ISO_DateTime_Local
Official Name:
 ISO_DateTime_Local
No Data Value:
 nd
Description:
 

Date/Time (Local) ISO formatted
This standard is based on ISO 8601:2004(E) and takes on any of the following forms:
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS[.xx]
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.

Note the Time Zone (TZ) as +/-HH:MM
Time Zone signage is for conversion from local to UTC
West Coast USA in summer is +7 (add 7 hrs to local time for UTC)

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
ISO_DateTime_Local
Supplied Units: 
unitless
Datatype: 
Datetime
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Description: 

Date and time of sampling at the station in ISO 8601 format in local time zone = US Eastern (-5:00/-4:00)