Overview
Starting with version 6.4 of the Advanced Tables for Confluence app, it is possible to specify the format that is used to view date columns. The actual data is not changed, just how it is displayed. This helps keep the data looking consistent even if the provided data is not. This can be enabled by using the Date (M) column type for the Column types parameter corresponding to the column. Advanced date sorting specifies how to use the Date (M)column type to customize the column data interpretation as a date.
Two date formats are needed to support both interpreting the data and formatting the output.
Input format - this is the first format specified on the Date (M) column type, although it is defaulted when nothing is specified. See Advanced date sorting for more details.
Display format - this is how you want the date to be displayed and sorted. If it is not specified, the column displays as-is. The display format is similar but a bit more complex than the input format. It is summarized in the succeeding sections. The ~ character is used to separated the input and display formats to avoid most conflicts with characters used in formats.
Usage
The formatting options listed on this page can be defined through the Column types parameter within the following macros:
Screenshot
Formatting options
Acknowledgement
Advanced date sorting support with the Date (M) column type is provided using JavaScript with the help of the Moment.js library (open source, MIT license). A summary of the relevant parts of the Moment.js documentation is repeated here.
Token | Output | |
|---|---|---|
Month | M | 1 2 ... 11 12 |
Mo | 1st 2nd ... 11th 12th | |
MM | 01 02 ... 11 12 | |
MMM | Jan Feb ... Nov Dec | |
MMMM | January February ... November December | |
Quarter | Q | 1 2 3 4 |
Day of Month | D | 1 2 ... 30 31 |
Do | 1st 2nd ... 30th 31st | |
DD | 01 02 ... 30 31 | |
Day of Year | DDD | 1 2 ... 364 365 |
DDDo | 1st 2nd ... 364th 365th | |
DDDD | 001 002 ... 364 365 | |
Day of Week | d | 0 1 ... 5 6 |
do | 0th 1st ... 5th 6th | |
dd | Su Mo ... Fr Sa | |
ddd | Sun Mon ... Fri Sat | |
dddd | Sunday Monday ... Friday Saturday | |
Day of Week (Locale) | e | 0 1 ... 5 6 |
Day of Week (ISO) | E | 1 2 ... 6 7 |
Week of Year | w | 1 2 ... 52 53 |
wo | 1st 2nd ... 52nd 53rd | |
ww | 01 02 ... 52 53 | |
Week of Year (ISO) | W | 1 2 ... 52 53 |
Wo | 1st 2nd ... 52nd 53rd | |
WW | 01 02 ... 52 53 | |
Year | YY | 70 71 ... 29 30 |
YYYY | 1970 1971 ... 2029 2030 | |
Week Year | gg | 70 71 ... 29 30 |
gggg | 1970 1971 ... 2029 2030 | |
Week Year (ISO) | GG | 70 71 ... 29 30 |
GGGG | 1970 1971 ... 2029 2030 | |
AM/PM | A | AM PM |
a | am pm | |
Hour | H | 0 1 ... 22 23 |
HH | 00 01 ... 22 23 | |
h | 1 2 ... 11 12 | |
hh | 01 02 ... 11 12 | |
Minute | m | 0 1 ... 58 59 |
mm | 00 01 ... 58 59 | |
Second | s | 0 1 ... 58 59 |
ss | 00 01 ... 58 59 | |
Fractional Second | S | 0 1 ... 8 9 |
SS | 0 1 ... 98 99 | |
SSS | 0 1 ... 998 999 | |
Timezone | z or zz | EST CST ... MST PST |
Z | -07:00 -06:00 ... +06:00 +07:00 | |
ZZ | -0700 -0600 ... +0600 +0700 | |
Unix Timestamp | X | 1360013296 |
Examples
Column type | Input format | Display format |
|---|---|---|
M~YYYY.MM.DD | <default> | YYYY.MM.DD |
MDDMMMYYYY~YYYY.MM.DD | DDMMMYYYY | YYYY.MM.DD |
M(de)DDMMMYYYY~YYYY.MM.DD | (de)DDMMMYYYY | YYYY.MM.DD |
MX~DD.MM.YY | Unix timestamp | DD.MM.YY |
MDD MMM YYYY~YYYY.MM.DD | DD MMM YYYY Default Confluence Date Picker (US) | YYYY.MM.DD |