diff --git a/content/en/docs/refguide/modeling/application-logic/expressions/parse-and-format-date-function-calls.md b/content/en/docs/refguide/modeling/application-logic/expressions/parse-and-format-date-function-calls.md
index dcd1a1625a4..4472338985f 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/refguide/modeling/application-logic/expressions/parse-and-format-date-function-calls.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/refguide/modeling/application-logic/expressions/parse-and-format-date-function-calls.md
@@ -179,10 +179,10 @@ the output is:
 'Sun, 8 Jun 2008 10:12:01 +0200'
 ```
 
-To get a format like `'2008-06-08T10:12:01'`, you need to concatenate two formatDateTime[UTC] functions:
+To get a format like `'2008-06-08T10:12:01'`, you can escape the T with `''`:
 
 ```java
-formatDateTime($object/Date1,'yyyy-MM-dd') + 'T' + formatDateTime($object/Date1,'HH:mm:ss')
+formatDateTime($object/Date1,'yyyy-MM-dd''T''HH:mm:ss')
 ```
 
 ## `formatTime[UTC]` {#formatTime}
diff --git a/content/en/docs/refguide10/modeling/application-logic/expressions/parse-and-format-date-function-calls.md b/content/en/docs/refguide10/modeling/application-logic/expressions/parse-and-format-date-function-calls.md
index 1443e2cefe1..243221aac94 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/refguide10/modeling/application-logic/expressions/parse-and-format-date-function-calls.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/refguide10/modeling/application-logic/expressions/parse-and-format-date-function-calls.md
@@ -187,10 +187,10 @@ the output is:
 'Sun, 8 Jun 2008 10:12:01 +0200'
 ```
 
-To get a format like `'2008-06-08T10:12:01'`, you need to concatenate two formatDateTime[UTC] functions:
+To get a format like `'2008-06-08T10:12:01'`, you can escape the T with `''`:
 
 ```java
-formatDateTime($object/Date1,'yyyy-MM-dd') + 'T' + formatDateTime($object/Date1,'HH:mm:ss')
+formatDateTime($object/Date1,'yyyy-MM-dd''T''HH:mm:ss')
 ```
 
 ## `formatTime[UTC]` {#formatTime}