Overview
The dateFormat() function prints a specific format for a given time value.
Syntax
dateFormat(time, format)
Augment |
Type |
Description |
|---|---|---|
time |
Datetime, timestamp, string | The time value |
format |
String | The format to print the time |
Date/Time format codes:
Code |
Description |
Examples / Range |
|---|---|---|
%a |
Abbreviated weekday name in the system language | (en_US) Sun, Mon |
%A |
Full weekday name in the system language | (en_US) Sunday, Monday |
%b |
Abbreviated month name in the system language | (en_US) Jan, Feb |
%B |
Full month name in the system language | (en_US) January, February |
%c |
Default date and time format in the system settings | Wed Jan 11 10:59:28 2023 |
%C |
Century number (year/100) in 2 digits | 00, 01, ..., 99 |
%d |
Day of the month (zero-padded) | 01, 02, ..., 31 |
%D |
Equivalent to %m/%d/%y |
01/11/23 |
%e |
Day of the month | 1, 2, ..., 31 |
%Ez |
Time zone | +08:00 |
%g |
Year without the century | 00, 01, ..., 99 |
%G |
Year in 4 digits | 0000, 0001, ..., 9999 |
%h |
Equivalent to %b |
See %b |
%H |
Hour using a 24-hour clock (zero-padded) | 00, 01, ..., 23 |
%I |
Hour using a 12-hour clock (zero-padded) | 01, 02, ..., 12 |
%j |
Day of the year (zero-padded) | 001, 002, ..., 366 |
%m |
Month of the year (zero-padded) | 01, 02, ..., 12 |
%M |
Minute (zero-padded) | 00, 01, ..., 59 |
%n |
Line break | |
%p |
Either 'AM' or 'PM' according to the given time value | (en_US) AM, PM |
%P |
Either 'am' or 'pm' according to the given time value | (en_US) am, pm |
%r |
Equivalent to %I/%M/%S %p |
01:49:23 AM |
%R |
Equivalent to %H:%M |
13:49 |
%S |
Second (zero-padded) | 00, 01, ..., 59 |
%t |
Tab | |
%T |
Equivalent to %H:%M:%S |
23:02:05 |
%u |
Day number of the week, Monday being 1 (Sunday being 1 in a Sun Solaris system) | 1, 2, ..., 7 |
%U |
Week number of the year (zero-padded), starting with the first Sunday as the first day of week 01 | 00, 01, ..., 53 |
%V |
Week number of year (zero-padded), with Monday as the first day of the week, week 01 is the first week that has at least 4 days in the current year | 01, 02, ..., 53 |
%W |
Week number of the year (zero-padded), starting with the first Monday as the first day of week 01 | 00, 01, ..., 53 |
%w |
Day number of the week, Sunday being 0 | 0, 1, ..., 6 |
%x |
Default date format in the system settings | 01/11/23 |
%X |
Default time format in the system settings | 06:38:45 |
%y |
Equivalent to %g |
See %g |
%Y |
Equivalent to %G |
See %G |
%z |
Offset from UTC in the format of ±HHMM[SS] |
+0000, -0400, +1030, ... |
%Z |
Name of the time zone | GMT, UTC, IST, CST, ... |
%% |
Character % | % |
Return type: String
Example of Result
return dateFormat("2010/9/25 6:12:30","%A %e %B, %G")
Result: Saturday 25 September, 2010
Example of Use
Display the times of reviews in a desired format.
find().nodes({@review}) as n
return dateFormat(n.time,"%e %b, %G")