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# Dates in Zuora

> Introduces date and time usage in Zuora and the date and dateTime related fields for the SOAP API.

Introduces date and time usage in Zuora and the date and dateTime related fields for the SOAP API.

Dates are an important part of your billing and payments operations, and control which charges are billed and when they are processed for payment.

For example, Subscription Dates determine when your charges are ready to be billed. When the charges are actually billed depends on your Bill Cycle Day and other date attributes. This guide describes the dates in subscriptions and amendments and the date attributes in the product catalog rate plan charge and customer accounts.

> Introduces date and time usage in Zuora and the date and dateTime related fields for the SOAP API.

## Docs

- [Locale date formats](https://zuora.ferndocs.com/docs/platform/system-management/additional-tenant-management-settings/dates-in-zuora/locale-date-formats.md): Introduces locale date formatting conventions and locale settings in Zuora Billing and Zuora Payments.
- [Date and dateTime formats](https://zuora.ferndocs.com/docs/platform/system-management/additional-tenant-management-settings/dates-in-zuora/date-and-datetime-formats.md): Introduces how dates and dateTimes are stored in Zuora.
- [Customer account dates: Bill cycle day](https://zuora.ferndocs.com/docs/platform/system-management/additional-tenant-management-settings/dates-in-zuora/customer-account-dates-bill-cycle-day.md): Describes the bill cycle day (BCD) that determines the day of the month in which your customers are billed.
- [Date related fields in SOAP](https://zuora.ferndocs.com/docs/platform/system-management/additional-tenant-management-settings/dates-in-zuora/date-related-fields-in-soap.md): This reference lists date-related fields of each object in the SOAP API.