# Transforming to SOAP format for a date and time

**URL:** <https://forum.alumio.com/t/transforming-to-soap-format-for-a-date-and-time/981>\
**Category:** Soap Clients\
**Created:** [February 13, 2024, 11:11am UTC](https://forum.alumio.com/t/transforming-to-soap-format-for-a-date-and-time/981 "2024-02-13T11:11:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![david.procter](https://forum.alumio.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/7993a0/32.png) [@david.procter](https://forum.alumio.com/u/david.procter)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 11:11am UTC](https://forum.alumio.com/t/transforming-to-soap-format-for-a-date-and-time/981/1 "2024-02-13T11:11:28Z")

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I’ve been trying to create a date in SOAP format - YYYY-MM-DDTHH:II:SS - using the Format: Date mapper. However, Y-m-dTH:i:s gives me “UTC” as the separator between date and time, not “T”.

Any suggestions as to how I can make the format happen?

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**Author:** ![catalin](https://forum.alumio.com/user_avatar/forum.alumio.com/catalin/32/1428_2.png) [@catalin](https://forum.alumio.com/u/catalin)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 1:21pm UTC](https://forum.alumio.com/t/transforming-to-soap-format-for-a-date-and-time/981/2 "2024-02-13T13:21:13Z")

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Welcome @david.procter  
Just throw in there an escape char “\T” and its gonna fix your current format issue.

 ![image](https://alumio-forum.s3.dualstack.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/uploads/original/2X/0/0fee67dce36eea486ec40fb90319688a299ca115.png)

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**Author:** ![david.procter](https://forum.alumio.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/7993a0/32.png) [@david.procter](https://forum.alumio.com/u/david.procter)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.alumio.com/t/transforming-to-soap-format-for-a-date-and-time/981/3 "2024-02-13T14:29:17Z")

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Worked like a dream.