dateFormat (Function)

Formats the data in string or milliseconds format to the given date format.

Syntax

<STRING> time:dateFormat(<STRING> date.value, <STRING> date.target.format, <STRING> date.source.format)
<STRING> time:dateFormat(<STRING> date.value, <STRING> date.target.format)
<STRING> time:dateFormat(<LONG> timestamp.in.milliseconds, <STRING> date.target.format)

Query Parameters

Name	Description	Default Value	Possible Data Types	Optional	Dynamic
date.value	The value of the date. For example, 2014-11-11 13:23:44.657, 2014-11-11, 13:23:44.657.	-	STRING	Yes	Yes
date.target.format	The format of the date into which the date value needs to be converted. For example, yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss.		STRING	No	Yes
date.source.format	The format input date.value.For example, yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS.	`yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS`	STRING	Yes	Yes
timestamp.in.milliseconds	The date value in milliseconds from the epoch. For example, 1415712224000L.	-	LONG	Yes	Yes

Example 1

time:dateFormat('2014/11/11 13:23:44', 'mm:ss', 'yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss')

Converts date based on the target date format mm:ss and returns 23:44.

Example 2

time:dateFormat('2014-11-11 13:23:44', 'HH:mm:ss')

Converts date based on the target date format HH:mm:ss and returns 13:23:44.

Example 3

time:dateFormat(1415692424000L, 'yyyy-MM-dd')

Converts date in millisecond based on the target date format yyyy-MM-dd and returns 2014-11-11.