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ArgumentTypeDescription
valueAnyValue to be converted.
dateFormatString

An optional parameter which is a

date format pattern

Date 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"


Tip

Remember that to specify a standard day-month-year string, use dd-MM-YYYY. If you specify DD-MM-YYYY, PhixFlow returns the day in the year.

Examples

toString(in.value)

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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.

See Also