.z.Z (local datetime)

Local time as a datetime atom.

q).z.Z
2006.11.13T21:16:14.601

The offset from UTC is fetched from the OS: kdb+ does not have its own time-offset database.

Which avoids problems like this.

.z.z (UTC datetime)

UTC time as a datetime atom.

q).z.z
2006.11.13T21:16:14.601