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Datetime Formatter

Function converting datetimes to strings

Evaluation

This expression evaluates to a function of the form:

(x) -> string

The function is consistent with formatter semantics used for data to string conversion, as used for example by the CSV Output step.

Processing

Argument x is converted into a string using the given pattern and locale. The resulting string is returned.

If x is nil, the configured nil value is returned.

If x is not a datetime, an error is thrown.

Settings

Name Type Description
Pattern
 string

A Java DateTimeFormatter pattern. Example patterns below:

Pattern Output
uuuu-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZZZZZ 2018-12-21T14:32:14.123+01:00
uuuu-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss VV 2018-12-21T14:32:14 Europe/Berlin
uuuu-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS 2018-12-21 14:32:14.123
EEE, dd MMM uuuu HH:mm:ss z Fri, 21 Dec 2018 14:32:14 CET
MM/dd/uuuu 12/21/2018
dd-MMM-uu hh:mm:ss a 21-Dec-18 02:32:14 PM
EEEE, MMMM dd, uuuu Friday, December 21, 2018
Locale
 string The locale determines names of months and days of week in the configured pattern.
Nil Value
 string If the datetime to convert is nil the function returns this value.
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