type-formatting.md

Type Formatting

Boolean

A boolean is represented with true or false.

Dates and Times

Use ISO 8601 format for passing in and out dates and times. Use UTC as timezone.

Date	2015-07-02
Combined date and time in UTC	2015-07-02T14:47:47Z

Currency

Use 3-character ISO-4217 codes for specifying currencies.

Samples

 EUR - Euro  
 CHF - Swiss franc  
 USD - US Dollar  

Country

Use country codes defined by the ISO 3166-1-alpha-2 code standard.

Samples

 AD - Andorra  
 DE - Germany  
 FR - France  
 US - United States of America  

Amount

Use the format [0-9]+(.[0-9]+)? to represent an amount like money. Separate amount and currency in different fields.

Samples

     12.23
   3789.1
  56782
    -12.02
   +231.98

UUID

A UUID or GUID is represented in the Format 'dddddddd-dddd-dddd-dddd-dddddddddddd' where each d represents [A-Fa-f0-9].

Samples

 56e94f2b-25ac-4c58-9828-f63b66220999
 2ABAD998-48F6-4847-9EB2-2A6B5328C51D