Data Types And Units Of Measure

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Data Types

The Connectivity Management API use the following data types:

• All JSON data structures as defined at JSON.org:

  • object
  • array
  • string
  • number
  • true, false
  • null

• ISO 8601 date/time format: YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.SSSxyy:zz
  Where:

  • YYYY – the year; must be four digits.
  • MM – the month; must be two digits (01 to 12).
  • DD – day of the month; must be two digits (01 to 31).
  • “T” appears literally in the string, to indicate the beginning of the time element.
  • hh – hour of the day; must be two digits (00 to 23).
  • mm – minute of the hour; must be two digits (00 to 59).
  • ss – second of the minute; must be two digits (00 to 59).
  • SSS – decimal seconds, optional; if present, one or more digits. NOTE: Decimal seconds are not currently supported. If passed in, they will be ignored.
  • xyy:zz - time zone indicator, in one of four formats:
  • Z = Zulu time, more often called Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
  • ±hh:mm = GMT plus or minus the specified offset of hours and minutes.
  • ±hhmm = GMT plus or minus the specified offset of hours and minutes.
  • ±hh = GMT plus or minus the specified offset of hours. Example: 2015-12-25T12:12:12-08:00
    

• Time zone in responses: UTC (You are responsible for any conversion of time and date data to and from UTC time zone.)

Units of Measure

The units used by Wireless Network Services are:

• Distance: Miles
• Latitude and longitude: Decimal degrees