Format Date step

Introduction

This step formats a date into a specified format, allowing for customized date and time representations.

Description

Converts a given date into the specified format, suitable for different locales and formats.

Configuration

  1. Date: Choose the date to be formatted. This is a required field.

  2. Format: Define the date format expression (e.g., "dd.MM.yyyy HH:mm:ss"). Refer formatting details below. This is a required field.

  3. Locale: Select the locale that influences the format, such as date symbols and text. This is a required field.

Outputs

  • Value: The formatted date as a string.

Usage

Ideal for presenting dates in reports, notifications, or user interfaces, matching specific regional or format preferences.

Date formatting

Symbol
Meaning
Presentation
Examples

G

era

text

AD; Anno Domini; A

u

year

year

2004; 04

y

year-of-era

year

2004; 04

D

day-of-year

number

189

M/L

month-of-year

number/text

7; 07; Jul; July; J

d

day-of-month

number

10

g

modified-julian-day

number

2451334

Q/q

quarter-of-year

number/text

3; 03; Q3; 3rd quarter

Y

week-based-year

year

1996; 96

w

week-of-week-based-year

number

27

W

week-of-month

number

4

E

day-of-week

text

Tue; Tuesday; T

e/c

localized day-of-week

number/text

2; 02; Tue; Tuesday; T

F

day-of-week-in-month

number

3

a

am-pm-of-day

text

PM

B

period-of-day

text

in the morning

h

clock-hour-of-am-pm (1-12)

number

12

K

hour-of-am-pm (0-11)

number

0

k

clock-hour-of-day (1-24)

number

24

H

hour-of-day (0-23)

number

0

m

minute-of-hour

number

30

s

second-of-minute

number

55

S

fraction-of-second

fraction

978

A

milli-of-day

number

1234

n

nano-of-second

number

987654321

N

nano-of-day

number

1234000000

V

time-zone ID

zone-id

America/Los_Angeles; Z; -08:30

v

generic time-zone name

zone-name

Pacific Time; PT

z

time-zone name

zone-name

Pacific Standard Time; PST

O

localized zone-offset

offset-O

GMT+8; GMT+08:00; UTC-08:00

X

zone-offset 'Z' for zero

offset-X

Z; -08; -0830; -08:30; -083015; -08:30:15

x

zone-offset

offset-x

+0000; -08; -0830; -08:30; -083015; -08:30:15

Z

zone-offset

offset-Z

+0000; -0800; -08:00

p

pad next

pad modifier

1

'

escape for text

delimiter

''

single quote

literal

'

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