Date and Time Formats

The AdWords API uses the following date and time formats for parsing and returning date and time values.

Type	Format	Examples	Notes
Date only	`yyyyMMdd`	`20140215` `20151106`
Date and time	`yyyyMMdd HHmmss [tz]`	`20140215 152959` `20151106 082301 Africa/Timbuktu`	Refer to the timezones page for the list of valid timezone IDs. The timezone may be required in certain situations. Refer to each field's documentation for any additional validation rules.
Date range	`yyyyMMdd yyyyMMdd`	`20140215 20140228` `20151106 20151231`

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Last updated March 6, 2015.

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