yyyy'-'MM'-'dd'T'HH':'mm':'ss - What is the meaning of 'T' here?

Question

What is the meaning of T in this datetime pattern ?

yyyy\'-\'MM\'-\'dd\'T\'HH\':\'mm\':\'ss 2011-06-14T04:12:36

Answer 1

In ISO 8601 (UTC) T is used to designate the Time component. See "Combined date and time representations" in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601#Combined_date_and_time_representations

Find out about UTC here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time.