Standard data types

Learn more about standard data types in Mambu Payments (formerly Numeral)

Data type

Description

Amount

Unless indicated otherwise, any amount is expressed in absolute value, as an integer, in the currency's smallest unit.

For euro, the smallest unit is cents. €20 is represented as 2000.

Date

Date in YYYY-MM-DD format, e.g. 2021-04-25.

Datetime

 Date and time with timezone information in ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ssZ format, e.g. 2021-04-25T17:22:18+0000. Unless indicated otherwise, Mambu Payments (formerly Numeral) uses UTC.

Country code

ISO 3166 alpha-2 country code, e.g. GB, FR, or US.

Currency code

ISO 4217 currency code, e.g. GBP, EUR, or USD. See Currency codes and digits.

Purpose code

Purpose code based on ISO external category purpose codes. See Purpose codes.