diff --git a/regex_patterns.go b/regex_patterns.go
index 23e850f..f16f76d 100644
--- a/regex_patterns.go
+++ b/regex_patterns.go
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ const (
 	Date string = "^(((19|20)([2468][048]|[13579][26]|0[48])|2000)[/-]02[/-]29|((19|20)[0-9]{2}[/-](0[469]|11)[/-](0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|30)|(19|20)[0-9]{2}[/-](0[13578]|1[02])[/-](0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])|(19|20)[0-9]{2}[/-]02[/-](0[1-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-8])))$"
 	// DateDDMMYY represents regular expression for valid date of format dd/mm/yyyy , dd-mm-yyyy etc.Ref: http://regexr.com/346hf
 	DateDDMMYY string = "^(0?[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])[\\/\\-](0?[1-9]|1[012])[\\/\\-]\\d{4}$"
+	// Digits represents regular epxression for validating digits
+	Digits string = "^[+-]?([0-9]*\\.?[0-9]+|[0-9]+\\.?[0-9]*)([eE][+-]?[0-9]+)?$"
 	// Email represents regular expression for email
 	Email string = "^[a-zA-Z0-9.!#$%&'*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9](?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])?(?:\\.[a-zA-Z0-9](?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])?)+$"
 	// Float represents regular expression for finding float number
@@ -61,6 +63,7 @@ var (
 	regexCSSColor     = regexp.MustCompile(CSSColor)
 	regexDate         = regexp.MustCompile(Date)
 	regexDateDDMMYY   = regexp.MustCompile(DateDDMMYY)
+	regexDigits       = regexp.MustCompile(Digits)
 	regexEmail        = regexp.MustCompile(Email)
 	regexFloat        = regexp.MustCompile(Float)
 	regexNumeric      = regexp.MustCompile(Numeric)
diff --git a/rules.go b/rules.go
index 678bdc2..5474821 100644
--- a/rules.go
+++ b/rules.go
@@ -439,8 +439,18 @@ func init() {
 		if message != "" {
 			err = errors.New(message)
 		}
-		str := toString(value)
-		if len(str) != l || !isNumeric(str) {
+		var str string
+		switch v := value.(type) {
+		case string:
+			str = v
+		case float64:
+			str = toString(int64(v))
+		case float32:
+			str = toString(int64(v))
+		default:
+			str = toString(v)
+		}
+		if len(str) != l || !regexDigits.MatchString(str) {
 			return err
 		}
 
diff --git a/rules_test.go b/rules_test.go
index b18749b..76d34bc 100644
--- a/rules_test.go
+++ b/rules_test.go
@@ -558,19 +558,37 @@ func Test_CSSColor(t *testing.T) {
 
 func Test_Digits(t *testing.T) {
 	type user struct {
-		Zip   string `json:"zip"`
-		Level string `json:"level"`
+		Zip          string  `json:"zip"`
+		Level        string  `json:"level"`
+		EpochInt     int     `json:"epoch_int"`
+		EpochInt64   int64   `json:"epoch_int_64"`
+		EpochFloat32 float32 `json:"epoch_float_32"`
+		EpochFloat64 float64 `json:"epoch_float_64"`
+		EpochString  string  `json:"epoch_string"`
 	}
 
-	postUser := user{Zip: "8322", Level: "10"}
+	postUser := user{
+		Zip:          "8322",
+		Level:        "10",
+		EpochInt:     1541689,
+		EpochInt64:   15416890380008,
+		EpochFloat32: 15416890380008,
+		EpochFloat64: 15416890380008,
+		EpochString:  "15416890380008",
+	}
 	var userObj user
 
 	body, _ := json.Marshal(postUser)
 	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "http://www.example.com", bytes.NewReader(body))
 
 	rules := MapData{
-		"zip":   []string{"digits:5"},
-		"level": []string{"digits:1"},
+		"zip":            []string{"digits:5"},
+		"level":          []string{"digits:1"},
+		"epoch_int":      []string{"digits:13"},
+		"epoch_int_64":   []string{"digits:13"},
+		"epoch_float_32": []string{"digits:13"},
+		"epoch_float_64": []string{"digits:13"},
+		"epoch_string":   []string{"digits:13"},
 	}
 
 	opts := Options{
@@ -581,7 +599,8 @@ func Test_Digits(t *testing.T) {
 
 	vd := New(opts)
 	validationErr := vd.ValidateJSON()
-	if len(validationErr) != 2 {
+	if len(validationErr) != 7 {
+		t.Log(validationErr)
 		t.Error("Digits validation failed!")
 	}
 }
diff --git a/validator_test.go b/validator_test.go
index 6d1397f..5b6014e 100644
--- a/validator_test.go
+++ b/validator_test.go
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ func TestValidator_Validate(t *testing.T) {
 	v := New(opts)
 	validationError := v.Validate()
 	if len(validationError) > 0 {
+		t.Log(validationError)
 		t.Error("Validate failed to validate correct inputs!")
 	}