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Date Formatters

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Date Formatters

Common Date Formatters

The following formatters are the most common date formatters. An example for each formatter is provided for reference.

Additional examples of date format syntax is provided in the Sample Date Formats section.

now([outputformat])

Returns the current system datetime according to the specified outputformat (default format is: yyyy-MM-dd’T’hh:mm:sszzzz).

This formatter is unusual in that it does not modify the input attribute (variable), so no such input attribute is required.

Example

<arc:set attr="timestamp" value="[now()]" />

todate([outputformat][, inputformat])

Formats the input attribute as a date in the format specified by outputformat (default output format is: yyyy-MM-dd’T’hh:mm:sszzzz). For examples of date formats and how they are expressed, please see the Sample Date Formats section.

The formatter will attempt to auto-detect the format of the input value, but the inputformat parameter can be specified if the formatter is otherwise unable to determine the datetime format of the input attribute.

Example

<arc:set attr="simpleDate" value="01-30-2020" />
<arc:set attr="reformattedDate" value="[simpleDate | todate('yyyyMMdd', 'dd-MM-yyyy')]" />

dateadd(intervaltype, value[, outputformat][, inputformat])

Adds a specified amount of time to the input date and returns the result. The intervaltype parameter specifies the unit of time to add (e.g. ‘year’, ‘month’, ‘day’, ‘hour’, ‘minute’, ‘second’, ‘millisecond’) and the value parameter specifies how many of these units to add.

The formatter will attempt to auto-detect the format of the input value, but the inputformat parameter can be specified if the formatter is otherwise unable to determine the datetime format of the input attribute. The result will be returned in the format specified by outputformat (default output format is: yyyy-MM-dd’T’hh:mm:sszzzz).

Example

<arc:set attr="shipdate" value="2020-03-15" />
<arc:set attr="estmArrivalDate" value="[shipdate | dateadd('day', 2)]" />

More Date Formatters

Below is the list of less-common formatters not included in the previous section.

compare([value][, inputformat])

Returns a signed number indicating the relative values of dates represented by the attribute value and parameter value.

  • value: The optional string representation of the date that will be compared with the attribute value. Default is now.
  • inputformat: The optional input format specifier. Default is autodetected.

date([outputformat])

Note: This formatter is an alias for the now() formatter described in the previous section.

Returns the current system date and time in the format specified by the parameter if one was provided.

  • outputformat: The optional format specifier. Valid specifiers include d (short date pattern), D (long date pattern), f (long date/short time pattern), F (long date/time pattern), g (general short date/time pattern), G (general short date/long time pattern), r or R (RFC1123 pattern), s (sortable date/time pattern), t (short time pattern), T long time pattern), file (Windows file time), MM/dd/yy, etc.

datediff([interval][, value][, inputformat])

Returns the difference (in units specified by the first parameter) between now and the date specified by the second parameter.

  • interval: The optional interval you want the result in. Specify day, hour, minute, second, or millisecond.
  • value: The optional string representation of the date to compare with attribute value. Default is now.
  • inputformat: The optional input format specifier. Default is autodetected.

day([inputformat])

Returns the day component, expressed as a value between 1 and 31, of the date represented by the attribute value.

  • inputformat: The optional input format specifier. Default is autodetected.

dayofweek([inputformat])

Returns the day of week for the date represented by the attribute value.

  • inputformat: The optional input format specifier. Default is autodetected.

dayofyear([inputformat])

Returns the day of year expressed as a value between 1 and 366 for the date represented by the attribute value.

  • inputformat: The optional input format specifier. Default is autodetected.

filetimenow()

Returns the date and time for the current system file time.

fromfiletime([outputformat])

Converts a valid file time to a valid datetime value formatted as specified by the parameter if one was provided.

  • outputformat: The optional output format specifier. Valid specifiers include d (short date pattern), D (long date pattern), f (long date/short time pattern), F (long date/time pattern), g (general short date/time pattern), G (general short date/long time pattern), r or R (RFC1123 pattern), s (sortable date/time pattern), t (short time pattern), T (long time pattern), file (Windows file time), MM/dd/yy, etc.

isleap([ifleap][, ifnotleap])

Returns true (or ifleap) if the 4-digit year represented by the attribute value is a leap year, false (or ifnotleap) otherwise.

  • ifleap: The optional value returned if the attribute value is a leap year.
  • ifnotleap: The optional value returned if the attribute value is not a leap year.

month([inputformat])

Returns the month component expressed as a value between 1 and 12 of the date represented by the attribute value.

  • inputformat: The optional input format specifier. Default is autodetected.

tofiletime([inputformat])

Converts a valid datetime to a valid file time value.

  • inputformat: The optional input format specifier. Default is autodetected.

toutc([outputformat][, inputformat])

Returns the date specified by the attribute value converted to UTC and formatted as specified by the outputformat parameter if one was provided.

  • outputformat: The optional format specifier. Valid specifiers include d (short date pattern), D (long date pattern), f (long date/short time pattern), F (long date/time pattern), g (general short date/time pattern), G (general short date/long time pattern), r or R (RFC1123 pattern), s (sortable date/time pattern), t (short time pattern), T (long time pattern), and file (Windows file time), MM/dd/yy, etc.

utcnow([outputformat])

Returns the current system UTC date and time.

  • outputformat: The optional format specifier. Valid specifiers include d (short date pattern), D (long date pattern), f (long date/short time pattern), F (long date/time pattern), g(general short date/time pattern), G (general short date/long time pattern), r or R (RFC1123 pattern), s (sortable date/time pattern), t (short time pattern), T (long time pattern), file (Windows file time), MM/dd/yy, etc.

weekday([inputformat])

Returns the day of the week as an integer where Monday is 0 and Sunday is 6.

  • inputformat: The optional input format specifier. Default is autodetected.

year([inputformat])

Returns the year component of the date represented by the attribute value.

  • inputformat: The optional input format specifier. Default is autodetected.

Sample Date Formats

This section contains sample date format strings as reference.

The day of July 25th, 2019; at the time 8 hours, 14 minutes, 22 seconds, and 5 milliseconds after midnight in the Eastern Standard time zone (UTC-5)

  • MM-dd-yy | 07-25-19
  • MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm | 07/25/2019 08:14
  • yyyy-MM-dd’T’HH:mm:ss | 2019-07-25T08:14:22
  • yyyy-MM-dd’T’HH:mm:ss.SSS (Java) | 2019-07-25T08:14:22.005
  • yyyy-MM-dd’T’HH:mm:ss.fff (Windows) | 2019-07-25T08:14:22.005
  • yyyy-MM-dd’T’HH:mm:ss ZZ | 2019-07-25T08:14:22 -5
  • ddd, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss zzz | Thu, 25 Jul 2019 08:14:22 EST

Date Formats With Literal Characters (e.g. ‘T’)

When specifying a datetime format that includes literal characters (e.g. a ‘T’ separating the date and the time), the full format string needs to be surrounded in double quotes to indicate that literal characters should be resolved.

For example:

[_ | now("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss")]