Date-Time Data Standards

All Eratos functions require data types to be in Eratos Standard form. We did not create these standards but chose them as they are the most scalable and generalizable data types for their given class, and believe establishing these standards across our Community will simplify and speed up collaboration and innovation.

ISO 8601 Date-Time

The ISO 8601 format in the UTC timezone is the Eratos standard for date-time data.

The standard form of an ISO 8601 Date-Time is as follows:

Date
YYYY-MM-DD
2021-01-31

Date-Time
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ
2021-01-31T11:00:00Z

UNIX Time: Seconds from 1970-01-01 00:00:00

Some datasets may use UNIX time instead. Why Unix Time?

Example:

2021-01-31 = 1612051200