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