This chapter explains the standard WMI formats used by the anynode WMI integration.

WMI Formats

In general, the properties used by the anynode WMI integration uses standard data formats like string, uint32 and boolean. For date and time information the CIM format ‘datetime’ is used. The format is defined in the CIM standard, for convenience the format is described below as well.

CIM Format datetime

The CIM datatime format is specified in the format yyyymmddHHMMSS.mmmmmmsUUU. The following table lists the fields, the formats and specific settings done by the anynode WMI integration. If a property using the datetime format does not have a valid date the property is set to ‘00000000000000.000000+000’.


Field: yyyy

Description: Four-digit year (0000 through 2100).


Field: mm

Description: Two-digit month (01 through 12).


Field: dd

Description: Two-digit day of the month (01 through 28 ... 31).


Field: HH

Description: Two-digit hour of the day using the 24-hour clock (00 through 23).


Field: MM

Description: Two-digit minute in the hour (00 through 59).


Field: SS

Description: Two-digit number of seconds in the minute (00 through 59).


Field: mmmmmm

Description: Six-digit number of microseconds in the second (000000 through 999999). The anynode implementation always sets this to 000000.


Field: s

Description: Plus sign (+) or minus sign (-) to indicate a positive or negative offset from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The anynode implementation provides all datetime information as UTC and sets this field to the plus sign (+).


Field: UUU

Description: Three-digit offset indicating the number of minutes that the originating time zone deviates from UTC. The anynode implementation provides all datetime information as UTC and sets this field to 000.