2.1.1.5 DateTime

The DateTime represents an instant of time.


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Ticks

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Kind

Ticks (62 bits): A 62-bit signed-integer value that specifies the number of 100 nanoseconds that have elapsed since 12:00:00, January 1, 0001. The value can represent time instants in a granularity of 100 nanoseconds until 23:59:59.9999999, December 31, 9999.

Kind (2 bits): Provides the time-zone information as follows. The value can range from 0 to 2, inclusive<1>. The following table maps values with the meaning of the Ticks field.

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Meaning

0

Time-zone information is not specified.

1

The time specified is in the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) time zone.

2

The time specified is in the local time zone.