AWS CLI command: Timestamp format to view the EC2 instances created on a given date

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We are about the automate the deletion of EC2 instances using AWS CLI. Planning to filter the instances created on a given date.

Came across the below CLI commands to view and terminate the instances

describe-instances - to get the list of instances created on the given date range

terminate-instances - to terminate the instances returned from "describe-instance" command

Just wanted to know, What is format of time-stamp value, to be given in the "Launchtime" filter value?

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amazon-web-servicesamazon-ec2aws-cli

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per the doc http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/CommandLineReference/ApiReference-cmd-DescribeInstances.html

launch-time The time when the instance was launched (for example, 2010-08-07T11:54:42.000Z).

Type: DateTime

so the following should work

aws ec2 describe-instances --filters launch-time=2010-08-07T11:54:42.000Z