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Availability

This routine is available starting with katl-commons 1.0.

Syntax

formatDate(date, format)

Description

Formats the given date into a date/time string accordingly to the given format expression.

Parameters

Parameter name

Type

Required

Description

date

date

Yes

Specifies a Date or DateTime expression.

formatstringYesSpecifies a pattern expression representing the desired date format.

Return type

string

The return value represents the formatted string representation for the given date.

Example

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 = "2011-08-17T18:30:55";
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

The date varDateTime in example 2 must follow the formats listed for date here

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