Understanding Data Type Formats

Data type formats are used with the Number and Date formats to help Certify identify the type of number or date you want to test against your application. The formats are based on the type of variable that you are using in the step and not the step parameter.

Certify supports the following formats for data:

Text
Number
Date

Text Formats

Text has no data type format.

Number Formats

Certify accepts only valid numbers, and it will verify these numbers during process step creation. The available number formats are listed in the following table:

Format	Format Pattern
Currency	C
Decimal Integer	D
Scientific	E
Fixed Point	F
Hexadecimal	X
Zero Pad (10)	0000000000 ##########
Fraction (5-digit precision)	# #####
Standard

Note: If you want to store a 16-digit credit card number, use the Decimal Integer number format.

Date Formats

Certify provides a Date Picker for selecting a date, and no literal text values for the date are allowed.

Locale-Specific Date and Number Formats

You can interact with number and date formats consistent with your geographic locale. When you use locale-specific data formats, Certify checks your operating system locale, and the appropriate format is used.

To use locale-specific date and number formats, you will need to create a new data type format. For more information on these formats, see Set Specific Locale Data Formats.