UTC Timestamp (SAP Library

UTC Time Stamp

Technical Name: 0TCTTIMSTMP

Use

The characteristic UTC Time Stamp (OTCTTIMSTMP) specifies the time in the following long form: YYYYMMDDhhmmss,mmmm m m n.

Background documentation

The abbreviation UTC stands for Coordinated Universal Time or Temps Universal Coordonné and denotes the time, derived from atomic time, valid all over the world. This uses the 24-hour clock and the Gregorian Calendar as its standard.

Note that this time always relates to Greenwich Mean Time, or GMT.

Example

Central European Time (CET) can be calculated as follows:

In the winter validity area, use the formula "UTC + an hour"
In the summer validity area, use the formula "UTC + two hours"

The start time of a process, a query navigation step, for example, is loaded as the characteristic UTC Timestamp (0TCTTIMSTMP) and also as a key figure. You can use the characteristic to select, and the key figure to calculate calculated key figures.

Note

You can find further information about key figures from Start Time (0TCTSTIMEK) and Start Date (0TCTSDATE).

The date and time appear in country-specific form. This is because a conversion exit exists in the UTC Time Stamp characteristic and in the key figure.

Technical Data

Available as of Release	2.0/02
Reference Characteristics	No
External Hierarchy	No
Compounding	No