Supported Regional Settings, Data Types, and Date/Time Formats
Supported Regional Settings
Historian supports the following regional settings available in Control Panel:- Decimal symbol - one character
- Digit grouping symbol
- List separator - one character
- Time style
- Time separator
- Short date style
- Date separator
Supported Data Types
| Data Type | Size |
|---|---|
| Single Float | 4 bytes |
| Double Float | 8 bytes |
| Single Integer | 2 bytes |
| Double Integer | 4 bytes |
| Quad Integer | 8 bytes |
| Unsigned Quad Integer | 8 bytes |
| Unsigned Single Integer | 2 bytes |
| Unsigned Double Integer | 4 bytes |
| Byte | 1 byte |
| Boolean | 1 byte |
| Fixed String | Configured by user. |
| Variable String | No fixed size. |
| Binary Object | No fixed size. Historian does not support the use of the Binary Object data type with the Data Collectors. Refer to the SDK online Help for more information on working with BLOB data types. |
| Scaled | 2 bytes |
Supported Date Formats
Historian supports the following short date formats, some of which may not be
available in certain language versions of Windows:
- dd/mm/yy
- dd/yy/mm
- mm/dd/yy
- mm/yy/dd
- yy/dd/mm
- yy/mm/dd
Avoid changing the time style or short date style in regional settings to values that are outside of the standard styles provided.