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This routine is available since starting with katl-commons 1.0. |
Syntax
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formatDate(date, format)
Description
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Formats the given date into a date/time string accordingly to the given format expression. |
Parameters
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Parameter name | Type | Required | Description |
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date | date | Yes | Specifies a Date or DateTime expression. |
| format | string | Yes | Specifies a pattern expression representing the desired date format. |
Return type
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string
The return value represents the formatted string representation for the given date.
Example
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Example 1
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string format = "yyyy.MM.dd G 'at' HH:mm:ss z";
print("Current time is " + formatDate(currentDate(), format));
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Assuming that current date is 30.10.2011 and time 12:08, prints Today is 2011.10.30 AD at 12:08:00 PDT
Example 2
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date varDateTime = "2011-08-17T18:30:55";
string format = "EEE, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z";
print("Formatted date is " + formatDate(varDateTime, format));
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Print Formatted date is Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:30:55 +0300
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For a full set of date formats that can be used, check out the SimpleDateFormat documentation from Oracle. |
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