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title: "Date Time Formats"
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# Date Time Formats

The **Time Span** processor uses the .Net custom TimeSpan format in its input-format and output-format fields: [https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/base-types/custom-timespan-format-strings](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/base-types/custom-timespan-format-strings)

Its most common use is to convert a cue duration into milliseconds (**the format string “fff”**).

The **Date Time** processor uses the .Net custom DateTime format for both input-format and output-format: [https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/base-types/custom-date-and-time-format-strings](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/base-types/custom-date-and-time-format-strings)

It also supports following keywords:

- **UNIX**: unix time stamp in seconds
- **STW**: unix time stamp in milliseconds
- **TICKS**: 100-nanosecond intervals that have elapsed since January 1, 0001 at 00:00:00.000 in the Gregorian calendar