Parameter: ISO_DateTime_UTC

Dataset: 
CTD
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
Supplied Units: 
unitless
Conversion Necessary: 
no
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 

UTC Date and time. Local time + 5 hours between March 12, 2:00 a.m. and November 5, 2:00 a.m. Local time + 6 hours between November 5, 2:00 a.m. and March 12, 2:00 a.m. Formatted to ISO 8601 standard (YYYY-MM-DDThh:mmZ).

Dataset parameter types [rank]
Primary ISODateTime variable