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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)
Date and time (UTC) of CTD cast from which the water was drawn formatted to ISO 8601 standard. format: YYYY-mm-ddTHH:MM:SS.xx