20241012T153000Z

20241012T153000Z is a compact timestamp commonly used in computing and data exchange. It represents a specific moment: 15:30:00 on 12 October 2024 in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The format is part of the ISO 8601 family and uses the basic form without separators.

In this representation, the letter T separates the date from the time, and the trailing Z indicates that the time is in UTC rather than a local time with an offset. The absence of hyphens and colons makes it suitable for compact file names, identifiers, and machine-generated logs, where compactness and unambiguous timekeeping are important.

Uses for a timestamp like 20241012T153000Z include labeling events, transactions, or data records, synchronizing systems across time zones, and serving as a reference point in versioned data sets. Because the time is specified in UTC, it avoids ambiguity caused by daylight saving changes or regional offsets.

Variants and related formats include the extended ISO 8601 form 2024-10-12T15:30:00Z, which adds hyphens and colons for readability, and versions that include fractional seconds, such as 20241012T153000.123Z. In contexts that require local time, the same instant can be represented with a numeric offset (for example, 20241012T153000+00:00), though Z remains the concise indicator of UTC.