3.6 Constants

ALGORITHM

The name of the default algorithm used for encryption.

DEFINE CONSTANT DEFAULT_ALGORITHM AS “SHA-256”;

The name of the default binary formats (i.e., width in bits) for hash and crypto keys.

BINARY_FORMAT ::= "Base64";

Return to Top A string that can be used to designate a binary format.

BINARY_FORMAT ::= "Binary";

The default string for formatting dates.

YYYY - Four digit year (i.e., 2021)
MM - Two digits representing for the month (i.e, 1→January, 12→December)
DD - Two digits representing the day within the month (i.e., the first of january 2021 would be 2021-01-01)
HH - Two digits representing the 24 hour day (i.e., 1 is 1 AM, 13 represents 1 PM).
MM - Two digits representing the minute within the hour.
SS - Two digits representing the second within the minute.

DATE_FORMAT_STRING ::= "YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS";

Return to Top The numeric constant representing the Boolean False.

FALSE ::= 0;

Return to Top A string that can be used to designate a hexadecimal format.

HEX_FORMAT ::= "Hex";

Return to Top The maximum length in characters of an object name.

MAXIMUM_NAME_LENGTH ::= 30;

NULL ::= NULL;

Return to Top The numeric constant representing the Boolean TRUE.

TRUE ::= 1;

VOID ::= {};

Return to Top The list of characters that represent a whitespace character.

WHITESPACE ::= [ \t\r\n\f];