ISO 8601 Formatter

Validate and transform any date string into standard ISO 8601 and other machine-readable formats

Valid Date
Standardized Outputs

ISO 8601 (Full)

Complete date and time in UTC

2026-03-06T13:40:31.056Z

ISO 8601 (YMD)

Date part only

2026-03-06

Local ISO Representation

No timezone offset

2026-03-06T13:40:31

Localized String

User regional format

3/6/2026, 1:40:31 PM

Short Date

Brief regional date

3/6/2026

RFC 2822 / UTC

HTTP/Email standard

Fri, 06 Mar 2026 13:40:31 GMT

Input Controls

Quickly reset to the current system time to generate a fresh ISO string.

About ISO 8601

Standardized in 1988, ISO 8601 provides an unambiguous method of representing dates and times, facilitating data exchange between different systems.

Privacy First

All date parsing and formatting occurs client-side. No temporal data is transmitted.

FAQs

What date strings can I input?

You can input ISO strings, UTC strings, regional dates, or even Unix timestamps (in milliseconds).

Why use ISO 8601?

It eliminates confusion by using a standardized YYYY-MM-DD order, making it the most reliable format for APIs and databases.