MediaWiki:Api-help-datatypes/en

Some parameter types in API requests need further explanation:
 * boolean
 * Boolean parameters work like HTML checkboxes: if the parameter is specified, regardless of value, it is considered true. For a false value, omit the parameter entirely.


 * timestamp
 * Timestamps may be specified in several formats. ISO 8601 date and time is recommended. All times are in UTC, any included timezone is ignored.
 * ISO 8601 date and time, 2001 - 01 - 15 T 14 : 56 : 00 Z (punctuation and Z are optional)
 * ISO 8601 date and time with (ignored) fractional seconds, 2001 - 01 - 15 T 14 : 56 : 00 . 00001 Z (dashes, colons, and Z are optional)
 * MediaWiki format, 2001 01  15  14  56  00
 * Generic numeric format, 2001 - 01 - 15 14 : 56 : 00 (optional timezone of GMT, + ## , or - ## is ignored)
 * EXIF format, 2001 : 01 : 15 14 : 56 : 00
 * RFC 2822 format (timezone may be omitted), Mon, 15 Jan  2001  14 : 56 : 00
 * RFC 850 format (timezone may be omitted), Monday, 15 - Jan - 2001 14 : 56 : 00
 * C ctime format, Mon Jan  15  14 : 56 : 00  2001
 * Seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z as a 1 to 13 digit integer (excluding 0 )
 * The string now