Hierarchy
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 | TIMESTAMPL |
| Short Description | UTC Time Stamp in Long Form (YYYYMMDDhhmmssmmmuuun) |
Data Type
| Category of Dictionary Type | D | Domain |
| Type of Object Referenced | No Information | |
| Domain / Name of Reference Type | TZNTSTMPL | |
| Data Type | DEC | Counter or amount field with comma and sign |
| Length | 21 | |
| Decimal Places | 7 | |
| Output Length | 27 | |
| Value Table |
Further Characteristics
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| Parameter ID | ||
| Default Component name | TIMESTAMP | |
| Change document | ||
| 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 displays date and time according to UTC (Universal Coordinated Time).
In order to convert local time into a UTC time stamp, which makes it easier to compare times, the local time must be converted according to your time zone. The ABAP command convert is available for this purpose.
Even if the time zone that the conversion is based on can be redetermined from Customizing or master data, we still recommend that you save the time zone.
The internal structure of the high-resolution UTC time stamp is logically organized in date and time sections in a packed decimal format (YYYYMMDDhhmmssmmmuuun), which depicts the year, month, day, hour,second, millisecond, microsecond and the first decimal of the nanoseconds. Please note that the hardware that is normally used does not fully support a resolution of 100 nanoseconds, which is available in the structure.
See also GET TIME STAMP
A UTC time stamp in short form is also available.
History
| Last changed by/on | SAP | 20130604 |
| SAP Release Created in |
