DateTime component defaults

Default values are assumed if any part of a dateTime object is not present on input. For example, the formatting string yyyy-MM'T'HH:mm does not contain any information about day in month (d), seconds (s), or milliseconds (S). The table below shows the defaults for all dateTime components:

Component Default value
Year 1970
Month First month of year
Day First day of month
Hour First hour of day
Minute Minute 0 of hour
Second Second 0 of minute
Millisecond Millisecond 0 of second
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