The date data type is used to specify the particular date.

The date is specified in the following form "YYYY-MM-DD" where:

• YYYY indicat the year
• MM indicate the month
• DD indicate the day

Note: All the components are required!

The following is an example of a date declaration in a schemas:

An element in your document might look as follows:

To specify a time zone, you can either enter a date in UTC time by adding a "Z" behind the date - as follows:

or you can specify an offset from the UTC time by adding a positive or negative time behind the date - as follows:

The time data type is used to specify the particular time.

The time is specified in the form like "hh:mm:ss" where:

• hh indicate the hour
• mm indicate the minute
• ss indicate the second

Note: All the components are required!

The following is an example of a time declaration in the schema:

An element in your document might look as follows:

Or it might look as follows:

The dateTime data type is used to specify the date and a time.

The dateTime can be specified in the following form "YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss" where:

• YYYY indicate the year
• MM indicate the month
• DD indicate the day
• T indicate the start of the required time section
• hh indicate the hour
• mm indicate the minute
• ss indicate the second

Note: All the components are required!

The following is an example of a dateTime declaration in the schema:

An element in your document might look as follows:

Or it might look as follows:

The duration data type is used to specify the time interval.

The time interval can be specified in the following form "PnYnMnDTnHnMnS" where:

• P indicate the period (required)
• nY indicate the number of years
• nM indicate the number of months
• nD indicates the number of days
• T indicate the start of a time section (required if you are going to specify hours, minutes, or seconds)
• nH indicate the number of hours
• nM indicate the number of minutes
• nS indicate the number of seconds

The following is an example of a duration declaration in the schema:

An the elements in your document might look as follows:

The example above indicate a period of five years.

Or it might look as follows:

The example above indicate a period of five years, two months, and 10 days.

Or it might look as follows:

The example above indicate a period of five years, two months, 10 days, and 15 hours.

Or it might look as follows:

The example above indicate a period of 15 hours.

To specify a negative duration, enter a minus sign before P:

Restrictions that can be used with the Date data types:

• enumeration
• maxInclusive
• maxExclusive
• minExclusive
• minInclusive
• pattern
• whiteSpace