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diff --git a/doc/api/README.md b/doc/api/README.md index 3145c9b676f..de0fe79b3d6 100644 --- a/doc/api/README.md +++ b/doc/api/README.md @@ -455,6 +455,23 @@ Content-Type: application/json } ``` +## Encoding `+` in ISO 8601 dates + +If you need to include a `+` in a query parameter, you may need to use `%2B` instead due +a [W3 recommendation]((http://www.w3.org/Addressing/URL/4_URI_Recommentations.html) that +causes a `+` to be interpreted as a space. For example, in an ISO 8601 date, you may want to pass +a time in Mountain Standard Time, such as: + +``` +2017-10-17T23:11:13.000+05:30 +``` + +The correct encoding for the query parameter would be: + +``` +2017-10-17T23:11:13.000%2B05:30 +``` + ## Clients There are many unofficial GitLab API Clients for most of the popular |