This section defines the date/time formats for use with the Hotel Ads XML messages and feeds.
Date
Dates are expressed in the following format:
YYYY-MM-DD
Where:
- YYYY: Four-digit year
- MM: Two-digit month
- DD: Two-digit day
For example, "2017-12-31" for December 31st, 2017.
DateTime
DateTime uses the RFC 3339 format:
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.SSS+|-HH:mm[Z]
Where:
- YYYY: Four-digit year
- MM: Two-digit month
- DD: Two-digit day
- T: Separates the date from the time
- HH: Hours
- mm: Minutes
- ss: (Optional) Seconds
- SSS: (Optional) Milliseconds
- +/-: (Optional) Separates the date and time from the timezone offset
- HH:mm: (Optional) Hours and minutes in the timezone offset
- Z: (Optional) Zero offset
For example, "2017-12-31T16:20:00-04:00".
You can also specify "Z" for the timezone offset, which indicates 0 offset.
Time
Time is expressed in the format:
HH:MM[:SS]
Where:
- HH: Hours
- MM: Minutes
- SS: (Optional) Seconds
For example, "16:20:00" or "16:20".
Times are interpreted in the local time zone of the associated hotel.