Dates and times

You can use the Date & Time, Date, and Universal Date & Time value types to express date values. You can use the Time value type to express time values. You can use date and time functions include time logic to the rules.

Several types of date and time are available.

In the following table, a is the symbol for AM or PM, and z is the time zone information, for example +0200.

Table 1. Date and time format
Type Format
Date & Time

Standard date format that includes time, and is written as:

m/d/y h:mm:ss a

Universal Date & Time

Date and time format that includes the time zone, and is written as:

m/d/y h:mm:ss a z

Date

Simple date format that does not include time, and is written as:

m/d/y

Time

Time format that is written as either:

h:mm:ss a

h:mm a

Note:

The rule language supports only the Gregorian calendar format.