# Date and Time Format
source: https://developer.mastercard.com/cross-border-services/documentation/additional-resources/common-datetime-format/index.md

Within the API, date and fields are formatted based on ISO 8601

|         Date/ Time Field         |                                                          Format                                                          |
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Day and Month                    | MM-DD                                                                                                                    |
| Month and Year                   | YYYY-MM                                                                                                                  |
| Date                             | YYYY-MM-DD                                                                                                               |
| Time (Hour, Minutes and Seconds) | HH:MM:SS+/-hh\[:mm\] or HH:MM:SSZ \* 24 hour clock \* +/-hh:mm is time zone offset \* Z indicates UTC; shorthand for +00 |
| Date / Time                      | YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS+/-hh\[:mm\] or YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ                                                                  |