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GeneralizedTime
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<p>A GeneralizedTime is a time format in the <a href="/facts/ASN.1/ryUN7doc">ASN.1 notation</a>. It consists of a <a href="/facts/String_(computer_science)/4ChJu5WS">string value</a> representing the calendar date, as defined in <a href="/facts/ISO_8601/4N8kykG9">ISO 8601</a>, a time of day with an optional fractional seconds element and the optional local time differential factor as defined in ISO 8601. </p><p>In contrast to the UTCTime class of ASN.1 the GeneralizedTime uses a four-digit representation of the year to avoid possible ambiguity. Another difference is the possibility to encode time information of any wanted precision via the fractional seconds element. </p><p>Examples from <a href="/facts/ASN.1/ryUN7doc">ITU-T X.680</a>: </p> "19851106210627.3" local time 6 minutes, 27.3 seconds after 9 pm on 6 November 1985. "19851106210627.3Z" coordinated universal time as above. "19851106210627.3-0500" local time as in the first example, with local time 5 hours retarded in relation to coordinated universal time. <p>ASN.1 also defines a DateAndTime time format widely used in <a href="/facts/SNMP/UNYPVA1C">SNMP</a>, that includes separator characters and does not pad the fields (e.g., "1985-11-6,21:6:27.3,-5:0"). </p>