Using runtime constant $TimeSent

$TimeSent puts a Z at the end of the timestamp of the system time.
1.What is the Z?
2. How do I get rid of the Z?
Thanks
Chirag

Hi chirag,
In graphical mapping you can use the below UDF, just import,
"java.text.SimpleDateFormat"
String DATE_FORMAT_NOW = "yyyyMMddHHmmssSSS";
   Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
    SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(DATE_FORMAT_NOW);
    return sdf.format(cal.getTime());

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Have a problem , I am using ABAP XSLT Processor mapping (I have used message split for this particular scenario i.e. input is single file and output is multiple file)
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<i>
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[/message/435521#435521 [original link is broken]|/message/435521#435521 [original link is broken]]

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Edited by: haijdp on Dec 21, 2007 1:11 AM

Hello! And sorry I didn't reply earlier. I hope the Original Poster will find revisit this thread and it helps him.
From your post I assumed that you were not a student trying to create some homework. That's why I felt free to simply code a solution and submit the code here. But first some remarks:
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