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Value kind	in CSV	in JSON
Int	`1234`	`1234 (number)`
Decimal	`1234.56`	`1234.56 (number)`
Float	`1.234e+10`	`1.234e10 (number)`
Text	`quoted only when it contains a comma or a quote`	`"text" (string)`
Long text	`must be quoted; line breaks inside force multi-line records`	`"multi-line\ntext" (escaped newline inside a string)`
Date	`2026-09-18`	`"2026-09-18" (string)`
Datetime	`2026-09-18 14:30:00`	`"2026-09-18T14:30:00Z" (string)`
Binary	`not representable - base64 or hex string`	`"base64:..." (string)`
Boolean	`TRUE / FALSE, or 1 / 0 depending on the writer`	`true / false (boolean)`
JSON	`the whole JSON value quoted, with internal quotes doubled`	`nested object or array, kept as structure`

Both CSV and JSON are file formats, so what differs below is how each one chooses to represent a value.

Property	in CSV	in JSON
identifiers	`Double quotes; a literal quote is doubled ("" )`	`Double quotes; backslash escapes`
dates	`Conventional text: 2026-09-18 or 2026-09-18 14:30:00`	`No date type: dates arrive as strings and the reader must p...`
binary	`Not supported`	`Not supported natively - base64 inside a string`
separator	`Comma ","`	`Braces and commas`
encoding	`No declaration - UTF-8 works only with a BOM`	`UTF-8 by definition`
typing	`None - every field is text`	`string, number, boolean, null, object, array - no date type`
shape	`Flat table, optional header row`	`Nested objects and arrays`
ceiling	`No formal limit; row count bounded by memory`	`Whole document is usually parsed into memory`

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