# Dates & time

# Formats

For specific points in time (often referred to as DateTimes), string that are compliant with [RFC-3339](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3339) can be used.

Note that there are some restrictions that apply:
* Only the `T` separator is supported (not a lowercased `t` or a whitespace or any other character)
* The "unknown offset" `-00:00` is not supported

For dates (without a specific time indication), the same format as the date section of [RFC-3339](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3339) can be used, e.g. `2022-08-17`.

For times (without a specific date indication), the military time format (`HH:mm`) can be used, e.g. `19:05`.

# Time zones

The Pexip Engage REST API supports time zone formats according to the [IANA Time Zone Database format](https://www.iana.org/time-zones), but not necessarily the latest version.