SAP ABAP Data Element TIMESTAMP (UTC Time Stamp in Short Form (YYYYMMDDhhmmss))
Hierarchy
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SAP_BASIS (Software Component) SAP Basis Component
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BC-SRV-TIM-TZ (Application Component) Time Zones
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SZTZ (Package) Central Basis Development: Time Zones
SAP_BASIS (Software Component) SAP Basis Component⤷
BC-SRV-TIM-TZ (Application Component) Time Zones⤷
SZTZ (Package) Central Basis Development: Time Zones
Basic Data
| Data Element | TIMESTAMP |
| Short Description | UTC Time Stamp in Short Form (YYYYMMDDhhmmss) |
Data Type
| Category of Dictionary Type | D | Domain |
| Type of Object Referenced | No Information | |
| Domain / Name of Reference Type | TZNTSTMPS | |
| Data Type | DEC | Counter or amount field with comma and sign |
| Length | 15 | |
| Decimal Places | 0 | |
| Output Length | 19 | |
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Further Characteristics
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| No Input History | ||
| Basic direction is set to LTR | ||
| No BIDI Filtering |
Field Label
| Length | Field Label | |
| Short | 10 | Time Stamp |
| Medium | 15 | Time Stamp |
| Long | 20 | Time Stamp |
| Heading | 19 | Time Stamp |
Documentation
Definition
The UTC timestamp is the date and time relative to the UTC (Universal coordinated time).
To normalize local times in a UTC time stamp and make them comparable, they must be converted using their time zone and the ABAP command convert.
Although the time zone for the conversion can be fetched from customizing or master data, you should save it redundantly.
The internal structure of the UTC time stamp is logically divided into a date and time part in packed number format <YYYYMMDDhhmmss>. There is also a high resolution UTC time stamp (10^-7 seconds).
History
| Last changed by/on | SAP | 20010130 |
| SAP Release Created in |
