Date

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The string representation of dates used in PDF documents is derived fromt he ISO/IEC 8824 (ASN.1) specification.

The syntax depends on the PDF specification.

For PDF 1.1 to PDF 1.7:

   D:YYYYMMDDHHmmSSOHH'mm'

For ISO 32000-1:2008:

   D:YYYYMMDDHHmmSSOHH'mm
date string fields
format field restrictions value default
YYYY Year required 0000-9999 N/A
MM Month optional 01-12 01
DD Day optional 01-31 01
HH Hour optional 00-23 00
mm Minute optional 00-59 00
SS Second optional 00-59 00
O Relationship with UT (Universal Time) optional
  • + after UT
  • Z equal to UT
  • - before UT
UT is unknown
HH Absolute offset from UT in hours optional 00-23 00
mm Absolute offset from UT in minutes optional 00-59 00
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