What is the '1995-12-17T03:24:00' for of a datetime called?

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I'm trying to to create a method that returns a random date in that format in the from today to a year ago. So right now I have

var curDate = new Date(),
    oneYearAgo = curDate-365*24*60*60*1000, 
    randDate = new Date(Math.random() * (CurDate - OneYearAgo) + OneYearAgo);

But now how do I convert that to a string like in the title? I'm looking through https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date and can't figure it out because I don't know what the name of that format is.

Also, 365 days doesn't always equal a year – Seth Flowers Jan 06 '16 at 21:01 — Seth Flowers, Jan 06 '16 at 21:01

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 06 '16 at 20:54

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The name of the format is ISO-8601.

answered Jan 06 '16 at 20:54

Steven Spasbo

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