The Dwolla transaction "Date" field apparently uses this value for generating a timestamp, but I don't see any way to get the "Time Zone" preference from the API?
Zooming out, I'm trying to get the definitive/comparable date for a transaction, but I need to know the timezone of the date string.
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Dwolla are making the change to the ISO timestamp on August 4th 2014
This change will be rolled out in 60 days from today, on 9:00 AM CT August 4th, 2014. If you need help making adjustments to your code to parse the new datetime format, let us know and we'll be glad to lend a hand.
https://discuss.dwolla.com/t/api-update-new-timestamp-format-for-clearingdate-parameter/401
While this method doesn't state what the time zone is, others like this one make it clear that the dates are in UTC, so I would guess that all dates are in UTC throughout the API.
The only thing I don't like about their API is they are showing example dates like:
It's not very smart of them to use M/D/YYYY format, nor to use a 12-hour clock. This is better represented by
"2011-08-31T10:19:09Z", which is in ISO format and indicates UTC. If you ever get a chance to speak with them, you should recommend they use this format (ISO-8601).Just be aware of this when you are parsing it, since the format they are using may or may not be the correct format for your current culture.