DateTimeLiteral

Definition

A specific point in time in canonical UTC YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ form.

• Boundaries: Not a date or time alone.
• Hex Code: b0
• Standard Alignment: rdf:Literal (Broad) + xsd:dateTime (Exact)

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Fide ID Rules

These entity-specific constraints apply when DateTimeLiteral is used in Fide ID.

As Entity Type

• MUST use Reference Type DateTimeLiteral or NetworkResource.

As Reference Type

• Reference MUST use canonical UTC datetime format with a trailing Z (XML Schema 1.1 Part 2: Datatypes).

Datetime references MUST use YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ format.

• Valid Reference: 2026-03-05T14:30:00Z
• Invalid Reference: 2026-03-05 14:30:00
• Invalid Reference: 2026-03-05T14:30:00-05:00

Examples