Description
Formats the given date into a date/time string accordingly to the given format expression.
Parameters
Return Type
String
The return value represents the formatted string representation for the given date.
Examples
Example 1
string format = "yyyy.MM.dd G 'at' HH:mm:ss z";
print("Current time is " + formatDate(currentDate(), format));
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
date varDateTime = "2011 -08 -17 T18: 30: 55";
string format = "EEE, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z";
print ("Formatted date is" + formatDate(varDateTime,format));
Print Formatted date is Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:30:55 +0300
For a full set of date formats that can be used, check out the SimpleDateFormat documentation from Oracle.
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