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% Example 45 Parsing Dates and Times
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\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\pagestyle{empty}
\usepackage{datatool-base} 
\begin{document}
Parsing off by default. 

\DTLparse\result{2025-01-09}
String value: \result.
Data type: \DTLdatumtype{\result}.
Value: \DTLdatumvalue{\result}. 

\DTLparse\result{2025-01-09T14:42:01}
String value: \result.
Data type: \DTLdatumtype{\result}.
Value: \DTLdatumvalue{\result}. 

\DTLparse\result{2025-01-09T15:42:01+01:00}
String value: \result.
Data type: \DTLdatumtype{\result}.
Value: \DTLdatumvalue{\result}. 

\DTLparse\result{14:42:01}
String value: \result.
Data type: \DTLdatumtype{\result}.
Value: \DTLdatumvalue{\result}. 

\DTLsetup{datetime={parse}}
Parsing on. 

\DTLparse\result{2025-01-09}
String value: \result.
Data type: \DTLdatumtype{\result}.
Value: \DTLdatumvalue{\result}. 

\DTLparse\result{2025-01-09T14:42:01}
String value: \result.
Data type: \DTLdatumtype{\result}.
Value: \DTLdatumvalue{\result}. 

\DTLparse\result{2025-01-09T15:42:01+01:00}
String value: \result.
Data type: \DTLdatumtype{\result}.
Value: \DTLdatumvalue{\result}. 

\DTLparse\result{14:42:01}
String value: \result.
Data type: \DTLdatumtype{\result}.
Value: \DTLdatumvalue{\result}. 
\end{document}