ÅÅÅÅMMDDThhmmssZ

ÅÅÅÅMMDDThhmmssZ refers to a standardized way of representing dates and times in a single string, following the ISO 8601 format. The template uses placeholder characters, where each Å stands for a digit of the year, MM for the month, DD for the day, T separates the date from the time, hh for the hour, mm for the minutes, ss for the seconds, and the trailing Z indicates that the time is expressed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

In this format, the year is always four digits; months and days are always two digits each, as are hours, minutes, and seconds. For instance, the timestamp 20231127T153045Z denotes the 27th of November 2023 at 15:30:45 UTC. The uppercase T is an unambiguous delimiter that makes the string unambiguous to both humans and computers. The Z suffix, short for “Zulu time,” is a convention from aviation and military usage that also signals UTC.

This notation is employed in file naming, logging, event scheduling, and data interchange, ensuring consistent interpretation across borders and systems. It mitigates the confusion that can arise from local time zones or daylight‑saving transitions. The format also integrates easily with computational parsing libraries in many programming languages, where standard functions can convert the string into date‑time objects or timestamps.