Date/Times

All of the date/time objects within our REST API are String variables in the format ISO-8601. This is the standard format utilized by the OpenAPI specification, but it also provides another host of benefits, including:

• Natural sorting - It sorts in any language without any additional work.
• Time zone support - Since the timestamp specifies the time zone, it can be converted to the users local time with minimal work in most languages.
• Locale neutral - There is no ambiguity on the order that the date/time components are going to appear in for an ISO-8601 string. You can use your languages libraries to format in the locale specific way for display.
• Language support - Because ISO-8601 is used in standards published by W3C and the IETF, every major language has mature libraries available for parsing ISO-8601 formats. Don't reinvent the wheel on this one!