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| Argument | Type | Description |
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| value | Any | Value to be converted. |
| dateFormat | String | An optional parameter which is a date format patternDate and Time Format Patterns. PhixFlow will check if the value parameter is a date or can be converted to a date. If the value parameter cannot be converted to a date then an error will be thrown. If this parameter is not used and a date object is passed into the value parameter, PhixFlow will use the default format of "yyyyMMdd.HHmmss" |
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Remember that to specify a standard day-month-year string, use |
Examples
toString(in.value)
Returns the string "14462" where the attribute in.value contains a value 14462.
toString(in.value)Returns the string "0" where the attribute in.value contains a value 0.00000008.
toString(_fromDate,"dd MMMM yyyy, HH:mm:ss")...
Returns the two digit format of seconds of the date and time. This is the string "07" where _fromDate contains a value of "20090324.150507".
toString(_fromDate,"z")Returns the time zone of the date. This is the string "GMT" for a UK date.
toString(_fromDate,"Z")
Returns the time zone offset/id of the date. This is the string "+0000" for a UK date.
Date Format Pattern
The following values are available for use in dateFormat patterns:
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The number of letters used in the pattern determines the format.
- Text: If the number of pattern letters is 4 or more, the full form is used; otherwise a short or abbreviated form is used if available.
- Number: The minimum number of digits. Shorter numbers are zero-padded to this amount.
- Year: Numeric presentation for year and weekyear fields are handled specially. For example, if the count of 'y' is 2, the year will be displayed as the zero-based year of the century, which is two digits.
- Month: 3 or over, use text, otherwise use number.
- Zone: 'Z' outputs offset without a colon, 'ZZ' outputs the offset with a colon, 'ZZZ' or more outputs the zone id.
- Zone names: Time zone names ('z') cannot be parsed.
- Any characters in the pattern that are not in the ranges of ['a'..'z'] and ['A'..'Z'] will be treated as quoted text. For instance, characters like ':', '.', ' ', '#' and '?' will appear in the resulting time text even they are not embraced within single quotes.
See Also
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GMT date, or "+0100" for British Summer Time.