In a single date and/or time format picture, only one format from each format type should be used. Some examples of format types are Day of Week, Month, Hour, and Second. Each format picture consists of a combination of formats from an available format type.
Custom date and/or time formats are not supported when time values are stored in numeric fields.Ī date and/or time format picture is a string of text that is used to interpret data values containing date and/or time information. The Convert Time Field geoprocessing tool allows you to specify custom date and/or time formats only when the time values are stored in a string field.When using the Convert Time Field geoprocessing tool, the list of standard supported input time formats varies depending on whether the input time values are stored in a string or numeric (short, long, float, or double) field.However, there can be cases when you have time values stored in a string field using a custom time format such as Tuesday, August 20, 2002. When storing time values in a string or numeric field, you should adhere to one of the standard supported string or numeric formats. The Convert Time Field tool provides you with the flexibility to specify a standard or custom time format picture that is used for interpreting your date and time values and converting those into a date format for efficient use with ArcGIS. If you have time values stored in a string or numeric field, you can choose to convert these string or numeric (short, long, float, or double) fields into a date field using the Convert Time Field geoprocessing tool. It is mostĮfficient for query performance and supports more sophisticatedĭatabase queries than when storing time in a numeric or string Specifically for storing time and date information.
It is recommended that you store the time values of your temporalĭata in a date field.
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