Changes to Date and Time formats in APIs

Users
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Dear Users,

This message is for API or data forwarding users only. If you are just
using CommCare mobile and CommCare HQ there is no need to read this
message.

In the next few weeks, we will be rolling out changes to our underlying
serialization systems so that we can store more precise timestamps, up to
the microsecond. For the most part, this will happen completely
transparently, but in the case of our Data APIs and Data Forwarding, it
means you should expect dates to arrive like

2015-04-17T20:14:34.046462Z

instead of like

2015-04-17T20:14:34Z

We wanted to give you advance notice so you could make any changes
accordingly. Our advice is to make sure your processing software is capable
of consuming both formats, so that the change will be seamless to you.

To show you the exact places in which you might have to expect timestamps
with microseconds, we've updated the examples in
Enabling Data Integration (Form and Case Forwarding) - CommCare Public - CommCare Public.

If you have any questions or concerns about this don't hesitate to report
an issue and someone on our team will help you understand the implications
and talk through how to upgrade.

thanks,

Cory

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Hello all,

We have now rolled out these changes.

thanks,
Cory

ยทยทยท On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 2:17 PM, Cory Zue wrote:

Dear Users,

This message is for API or data forwarding users only. If you are just
using CommCare mobile and CommCare HQ there is no need to read this
message.

In the next few weeks, we will be rolling out changes to our underlying
serialization systems so that we can store more precise timestamps, up to
the microsecond. For the most part, this will happen completely
transparently, but in the case of our Data APIs and Data Forwarding, it
means you should expect dates to arrive like

2015-04-17T20:14:34.046462Z

instead of like

2015-04-17T20:14:34Z

We wanted to give you advance notice so you could make any changes
accordingly. Our advice is to make sure your processing software is capable
of consuming both formats, so that the change will be seamless to you.

To show you the exact places in which you might have to expect timestamps
with microseconds, we've updated the examples in
Enabling Data Integration (Form and Case Forwarding) - CommCare Public - CommCare Public.

If you have any questions or concerns about this don't hesitate to report
an issue and someone on our team will help you understand the implications
and talk through how to upgrade.

thanks,

Cory