# Format Date

**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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