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+ Copyright 2014 IBM Corp.
+
+ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+ a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+ License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ under the License.
+
+.. _timestamps:
+
+===========
+ Timestamps
+===========
+
+The following example shows the required Lexical representation of the
+Timestamp type used in this specification; all Timestamp typed values
+SHALL be formatted accordingly:
+
+::
+
+ yyyy '-' mm '-' dd 'T' hh ':' mm ':' ss ('.' s+)('+' | '-') hh ':' mm
+
+.. note::
+
+ The UTC offset is always required (not optional) and the use of the
+ character 'Z' (or 'Zulu' time) as an abbreviation for UTC offset +00:00
+ or -00:00 is NOT permitted. \ No newline at end of file