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Date and time formats supported by web service

On a form, when you create an entry or modify an existing entry using a web service, you must specify the date and time in the following formats. This facilitates more accurate web service operation. 

Date and time format

Example

"yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ"

2016-01-19T09:55:50-0800 

"yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss"

2016-01-19T09:55:50

Related topics

Registering-a-web-service

The following error message is displayed when you try to use any other date and time format in the web service:

ERROR (8957): The date format is invalid; Unparseable date:

Refer to the following code example of Create operation:

<soapenv:Envelope
xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
xmlns:urn="urn:ABTestWS1">

  <soapenv:Header>     
<urn:AuthenticationInfo>        
<urn:userName>Demo</urn:userName>        
<urn:password></urn:password>        
<!--Optional:-->        
<urn:authentication></urn:authentication>        
<!--Optional:-->        
<urn:locale></urn:locale>        
<!--Optional:-->        
<urn:timeZone></urn:timeZone>     
</urn:AuthenticationInfo>
  </soapenv:Header>
  <soapenv:Body>
     <urn:Create>        
<urn:Submitter__c>Demo</urn:Submitter__c>        
<!--Optional:-->        
<urn:Assigned_To__c></urn:Assigned_To__c>        
<urn:Status__c>New</urn:Status__c>        
<urn:Short_Description__c>Test25</urn:Short_Description__c>        
<!--Optional:-->
        <urn:Date_Time_Field__c>2016-01-19T09:55:50.111111000-0800</urn:Date_Time_Field__c>        
<!--Optional:-->        
<urn:Date_Field__c></urn:Date_Field__c>        
<!--Optional:-->        
<urn:Time_Field__c></urn:Time_Field__c>
     </urn:Create>
  </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope> 

 

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AR System 22.1