date

XSD Date type

The date is specified in the following form "YYYY-MM-DD" where:

• "YYYY" indicates the year
• "MM" indicates the month
• "DD" indicates the day

Note: 

• All components are required!
• For UTC dates a 'Z' shall be appended!

The following is an example of a date declaration in a schema: <xs:element name="start" type="xs:date"/>

 An element in your document might look like this: <start>2002-09-24</start> 
If UTC:  <start>2002-09-24Z</start>