Data types
Our APIs use consistent formats for common data types
We use the following ISO standards
| Standard | Description |
|---|---|
| ISO 8601 | Date and time format |
| ISO 4217 | Currency Codes and precision |
| ISO 3166 | Country Codes |
Some examples of common data types
| Type | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|
| date | 2015-09-08 2015-09-08Z |
Dates will be represented in the format YYYY-MM-DD. |
| timestamp | 2015-09-08T03:55:28Z 2015-09-08T05:55:28+02:00 |
CAS will only accept date time data type in UTC or Offset. Will be represented in the format YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ or YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±[hh]:[mm] |
| money | 123.455 | n..20,4 Unless expressly documented differently, money may be represented up to a percision of 4 decimal places. When calculations are performed in CAS which result in a monitary amount that needs to be rounded then bankers rounding will be used, also known as round to even. |
| currency | EUR | |
| country | BE | |
| numbers | 12,345.67 12345.67 |
The decimal separator, which is the symbol to mark the boundary in a number between the integral and fractional parts of a decimal number must be represented by a '.' Thousand separaters may be used and must be represented by a ',' |