When you create Zaps, you may notice small icons next to certain fields. These represent different field types which have different features.
Different field types in Zaps
Last updated:Date/time fields
A date/time field is a field where you can only input a date and time, and is represented by a calendar and clock icon.
Timezones
If you don't provide a timezone with your data, Zapier will use your account timezone.
Formats supported
Zapier tries to interpret any date or time you provide. For example, all of the following date formats are supported:
- tomorrow at noon
- next friday at 7pm
- 2/13/2020 8pm EST
- 2020-10-26T16:56 (standard ISO format)
- 1393462573 (a UNIX timestamp)
You can adjust date/time values in Zaps by adding or subtracting time from it directly on the field.
Number (Integer) fields
Number fields are designed to gather whole number values. They’re often used in Zapier along with a dropdown field to select ID numbers for users, projects, and other internal data from apps, but can also be used for regular numbers.
Number fields can't work with decimals. Numbers with decimals must be used in decimal fields.
True/False (boolean) fields
Boolean fields can only have two values: "true" or "false". Depending on the app, these values may be different, such as "0" for false, or "1" for true. Boolean fields are often case-sensitive. For example, if an app expects "TRUE", it won't recognize "true" as a valid option.
File fields
Files in Zapier refer to the actual file object. For example, a file would be a picture itself, but there may be other fields that have the file's name or the URL to reach it.
The file field acts differently depending on what data is mapped to it:
- Text: Zapier will turn text into a
.txt
file and that file will be uploaded to the app. - URL: if you enter a URL, Zapier will try to load the data available at that address and upload it as a file.
- File: if an actual file is mapped from the trigger or another action, Zapier will upload it.
Decimal fields
Decimal (float) fields accept decimal values, such as 1.5
. In this field, the decimal must be separated from the integer with a period .
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