Date format in FITS

In the last versions the Date-Loc and Date-Obs in the fit header have a different format:
now is YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.0000000
before was YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS
without the fraction of second.
Is it possible to mantain the old format? Some software I use don’t manage it

Log example:
[05/26/20 22:35:59.676][DEBUG][Sequence Thread][SQ;CC;] EventMarker(15) - t:m5 (0); e:1; f:18; o:
[05/26/20 22:35:59.681][DEBUG][Sequence Thread][SQ;CC;] Waking from exposure time sleep period…
[05/26/20 22:35:59.682][DEBUG][Sequence Thread][SQ;CC;] Checking to see if the CCD has a temp…
[05/26/20 22:35:59.682][DEBUG][Sequence Thread][SQ;CC;] Saving the CCD temp…
[05/26/20 22:35:59.695][DEBUG][Sequence Thread][SQ;CC;] Entering super dangerous loop to await image completion…
[05/26/20 22:35:59.701][DEBUG][Sequence Thread][SQ;CC;] EventMarker(16) - t:m5 (0); e:1; f:18; o:
[05/26/20 22:35:59.778][DEBUG][Camera Thread][SQ;CC;] ASCOM Camera: exposure complete, waiting for camera to report image ready…
[05/26/20 22:36:06.414][DEBUG][Camera Thread][SQ;CC;] ASCOM Camera: Data type -> System.Int32[,]
[05/26/20 22:36:06.529][INFO][Camera Thread][SQ;CC;] ASCOM Camera read image data took .24 seconds
[05/26/20 22:36:06.530][DEBUG][Camera Thread][SQ;] SGM_CAMERA_CAPTURE complete…
[05/26/20 22:36:06.530][DEBUG][Camera Thread][SQ;] Camera thread is IDLE…
[05/26/20 22:36:06.718][DEBUG][Sequence Thread][SQ;] EventMarker(17) - t:m5 (0); e:1; f:18; o:
[05/26/20 22:36:06.718][DEBUG][Sequence Thread][SQ;] Image reported as complete. Continuing…
[05/26/20 22:36:06.722][DEBUG][Sequence Thread][SQ;] Collecting FITs headers…
[05/26/20 22:36:06.722][DEBUG][Sequence Thread][SQ;] ASCOM Camera - Camera reports last image start time as: 2020-05-26T20:33:59 UTC
[05/26/20 22:36:06.722][DEBUG][Sequence Thread][SQ;] DATE-LOC time provided by camera…
[05/26/20 22:36:06.726][DEBUG][Sequence Thread][SQ;] GatherFitsHeaders: Writing header info from UI…
[05/26/20 22:36:06.726][DEBUG][Sequence Thread][SQ;] Clearing timed monitoring events…
[05/26/20 22:36:06.728][TRACE][Sequence Thread][SQ;] Created full file name (file does not exist): F:\zzzImage\m5\m5_Light_Green_120sec_2020-05-26_223359_1x1_G_frame0019_-20C.fit
[05/26/20 22:36:06.728][DEBUG][Sequence Thread][SQ;] SaveFileAscom: Start…
[05/26/20 22:36:06.728][DEBUG][Sequence Thread][SQ;] SaveFileAscom: Checking image data…
[05/26/20 22:36:06.728][DEBUG][Sequence Thread][SQ;] SaveFileAscom: Create normal preview bitmap…
[05/26/20 22:36:06.731][DEBUG][Sequence Thread][SQ;] SaveFileAscom: Locking preview bits…
[05/26/20 22:36:06.732][DEBUG][Sequence Thread][SQ;] SaveFileAscom: Validating file name…
[05/26/20 22:36:06.732][DEBUG][Sequence Thread][SQ;] SaveFileAscom: Starting byte traversal…
[05/26/20 22:36:06.732][TRACE][Sequence Thread][SQ;] SaveFileAscom: Row padding -> 0
[05/26/20 22:36:06.757][DEBUG][Sequence Thread][SQ;] SaveFileAscom: Unlocking preview bits…
[05/26/20 22:36:06.757][DEBUG][Sequence Thread][SQ;] SaveFileAscom: Saving preview bitmap to disk…
[05/26/20 22:36:06.757][DEBUG][Sequence Thread][SQ;] SaveFileBmp16: Locking bitmap for disk write…
[05/26/20 22:36:06.757][DEBUG][Sequence Thread][SQ;] SaveFileBmp16: Opening file stream…
[05/26/20 22:36:06.757][DEBUG][Sequence Thread][SQ;] SaveFileBmp16: Writing FITS headers…
[05/26/20 22:36:06.757][DEBUG][Sequence Thread][SQ;] SaveFileBmp16: Traversing and persisting bitmap data…
[05/26/20 22:36:06.794][DEBUG][Sequence Thread][SQ;] SaveFileBmp16: FITS block fill…
[05/26/20 22:36:06.794][DEBUG][Sequence Thread][SQ;] SaveFileBmp16: Unlocking bitmap…
[05/26/20 22:36:06.794][DEBUG][Sequence Thread][SQ;] SaveFileBmp16: Closing file stream
[05/26/20 22:36:06.799][DEBUG][Sequence Thread][SQ;] SaveFileAscom: Displaying image preview in UI…
[05/26/20 22:36:06.799][DEBUG][Sequence Thread][SQ;] Internal Interface: Set Preview…
[05/26/20 22:36:06.799][DEBUG][Sequence Thread][SQ;] Display image preview using asynch task…
[05/26/20 22:36:07.077][DEBUG][Sequence Thread][SQ;] SaveFileAscom: Done
[05/26/20 22:36:07.077][DEBUG][Sequence Thread][SQ;] =========== Save file took 350 ms
[05/26/20 22:36:07.199][DEBUG][Image History Worker][SQ;] Image analysis (async) START
[05/26/20 22:36:07.199][DEBUG][Image History Worker][SQ;] --> Find stars (normal)
[05/26/20 22:36:07.208][DEBUG][Sequence Thread][SQ;] Resuming auto guiding…

Sure, I just want to modify this feature for me (maybe with a configuration)

Both of those are valid FITs output for time. May be worth asking the other application to change. There shouldn’t be a need to toggle between the two.

Jared

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Thank you for the answer, I write a little program in order to modify the header of all the images.