Parameter: NMEA_DateTime_UTC

Dataset: 
Parameter: 
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: 
NMEA_DateTime_UTC
Supplied Units: 
unitless
Datatype: 
Datetime
Format: 
%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Conversion Utility: 
No Data Value: 
Description: 
DateTime (in UTC time zone) from navigation data, National Marine Electronic Association (NMEA). This value was extracted from the standard seabird header information for the cast and converted to ISO 8601 format.