List of Primitive Types

boolean

The JSON boolean type.

Valid values:

  • true
  • false

date

A date, represented in ISO 8601 format.

Examples:

  • "2010-09-13"
  • "2016-01-23"
  • "2020-03-07"

datetime

A date and time, represented in ISO 8601 format.

Example:

  • "2016-01-23T10:07:06"

float

A floating point number, represented by the JSON float type.

Examples:

  • 123
  • 12.34567
  • -456.789

integer

An integer number, represented by the JSON number type.

Examples:

  • 123
  • 42
  • 0
  • -27

string

A sequence of characters, represented by the JSON string type.

Examples:

  • ""
  • "Hello world"
  • "This is a string"

timespan

A timespan represents a time interval, and can be positive or negative. It is a JSON string of the format:

"[-][d.]hh:mm[:ss[.ff]]"

with the elements

  • d - days.
  • hh - hours.
  • mm - minutes.
  • ss - seconds.
  • ff - fractional seconds up to three decimal places.

Note that some time intervals represent a "time of day", meaning they are taken from midnight.

Examples:

  • 4 hours, 30 minutes: "04:30"
  • 1 hour, 5 minutes, 10 seconds: "01:05:10"
  • 30.5 seconds: "00:00:30.5"
  • 1 day, 3 hours: "1.03:00" or "27:00"