Items tagged with "durationStringItemType"

2.2 Use of Data Types

Issued: 4/27/12

Impact: All US GAAP

Instance Document

2.2.4 Use of Weeks Format in DurationItemType

Issue The SEC Previewer does not currently support rendering of period facts reported using the ISO8601 weeks format.  Is the use of this format permitted in SEC filings? Per the official specification for ISO8601, as of 2004, the format of PnnW is included to allow the specification of a period in number of weeks.  This […more]


2.2 Use of Data Types

Issued: 1/28/11

Impact: All US GAAP

Instance Document

2.2.1 Defining Date Values

Issue In a number of cases, filers are defining number values (e.g., data types derived from integer or decimal) that represent days months or years as an integer data type. For example, a company created an extension element called NoticePeriodForIncreaseInFacilityAmount with an integer data type.  The value in the instance was 20.  The issuer should […more]