>>What would be the terminology to use to recognize this specific date time format:
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>>2015-06-25T08:06:31-04:00
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>>...and this one:
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>>2015-06-25T08:11:41
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>Looks like ISO 8601
>
>See String Literal Date and Time Formats here...
>https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms180878(v=sql.105).aspx#StyleArgumentsfortheCONVERTFunction

Thanks, I am doing a few verifications on actual methods I have to see about the proper naming to use.

On the first date, that would UTCToDateTime() assuming I am passing that string to obtain a date.

The second one is not obvious. It is also UTC but without the time zone indicator. Is it better that I detect if I have a time zone in the same method or building a second method for such format?