<p>This seems to correspond to the <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime" rel="nofollow">ISO 8601</a> datetime format, specifically the <em>complete date plus hours, minutes and seconds with time zone designation</em> format.</p>

<pre><code>YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssTZD (e.g. 1997-07-16T19:20:30+01:00)
</code></pre>

<p>The <code>TZD</code> hereby stands for <em>time zone designator</em>, which is a <code>±hh:mm</code> offset from UTC* . </p>

<p>Accordingly, "-05:00" would represent <a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/na/est.html" rel="nofollow">Eastern Standard Time</a>.</p>

<p><sup>* UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) is also known as GMT (Greenwich Mean Time), i.e. the time in London's time zone.</sup></p>

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2014-02-22T12:28:16.243Z
2014-02-22T12:28:16.243Z
Murch
<p>i'm looking at the coin based api and they provide historical price data</p>

<p><a href="https://coinbase.com/api/v1/prices/historical?page=1" rel="nofollow">https://coinbase.com/api/v1/prices/historical?page=1</a></p>

<p>which returns results like this</p>

<pre><code>2014-02-22T04:47:06-05:00,575.39
2014-02-22T04:36:57-05:00,575.36
2014-02-22T04:27:28-05:00,577.26
2014-02-22T04:19:01-05:00,576.73
2014-02-22T04:10:21-05:00,576.96
2014-02-22T03:57:22-05:00,579.31
2014-02-22T03:48:48-05:00,574.41
2014-02-22T03:40:22-05:00,572.71
2014-02-22T03:27:03-05:00,577.84
2014-02-22T03:18:43-05:00,574.86
2014-02-22T03:11:01-05:00,571.28
2014-02-22T02:57:25-05:00,568.91
2014-02-22T02:47:18-05:00,567.27
2014-02-22T02:27:11-05:00,568.28
2014-02-22T02:17:59-05:00,564.0
</code></pre>

<p>I can see the date time and price but for example in the first line
 2014-02-22
 T04:47:06-05:00,
 575.39</p>

<p>what format is the time in it shows hh:mm:ss-??:??,</p>

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interpreting coin base api historical price data
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# interpreting coin base api historical price data

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-02-22)

i'm looking at the coin based api and they provide historical price data

<https://coinbase.com/api/v1/prices/historical?page=1>

which returns results like this

```
2014-02-22T04:47:06-05:00,575.39
2014-02-22T04:36:57-05:00,575.36
2014-02-22T04:27:28-05:00,577.26
2014-02-22T04:19:01-05:00,576.73
2014-02-22T04:10:21-05:00,576.96
2014-02-22T03:57:22-05:00,579.31
2014-02-22T03:48:48-05:00,574.41
2014-02-22T03:40:22-05:00,572.71
2014-02-22T03:27:03-05:00,577.84
2014-02-22T03:18:43-05:00,574.86
2014-02-22T03:11:01-05:00,571.28
2014-02-22T02:57:25-05:00,568.91
2014-02-22T02:47:18-05:00,567.27
2014-02-22T02:27:11-05:00,568.28
2014-02-22T02:17:59-05:00,564.0

```

I can see the date time and price but for example in the first line
2014-02-22
T04:47:06-05:00,
575.39

what format is the time in it shows hh:mm:ss-??:??,

**Tags:** api, coinbase.com


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2014-02-22. Score: 1

This seems to correspond to the [ISO 8601](http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime) datetime format, specifically the *complete date plus hours, minutes and seconds with time zone designation* format.

```
YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssTZD (e.g. 1997-07-16T19:20:30+01:00)

```

The `TZD` hereby stands for *time zone designator*, which is a `±hh:mm` offset from UTC\* .

Accordingly, "-05:00" would represent [Eastern Standard Time](http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/na/est.html).

\* UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) is also known as GMT (Greenwich Mean Time), i.e. the time in London's time zone.


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