DateTimeFormat
- converts datetime to string

Date/Time
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SYNTAX DateTimeFormat( ''formatstr'', datetime )
RETURNS STRING
FUNCTION The function converts datetime to string according to user-specified format.

The formatstr argument contains formatting string that specifies how date time should be converted to string.

Available formatting sequences are exactly like in strftime() C-runtime function strftime:

  • %a - Abbreviated weekday name
  • %A - Full weekday name
  • %b - Abbreviated month name
  • %B - Full month name
  • %c - Date and time representation appropriate for locale
  • %d - Day of month as decimal number (01 – 31)
  • %H - Hour in 24-hour format (00 – 23)
  • %I - Hour in 12-hour format (01 – 12)
  • %j - Day of year as decimal number (001 – 366)
  • %m - Month as decimal number (01 – 12)
  • %M - Minute as decimal number (00 – 59)
  • %p - Current locale’s A.M./P.M. indicator for 12-hour clock
  • %S - Second as decimal number (00 – 59)
  • %U - Week of year as decimal number, with Sunday as first day of week (00 – 53)
  • %w - Weekday as decimal number (0 – 6; Sunday is 0)
  • %W - Week of year as decimal number, with Monday as first day of week (00 – 53)
  • %x - Date representation for current locale
  • %X - Time representation for current locale
  • %y - Year without century, as decimal number (00 – 99)
  • %Y - Year with century, as decimal number
  • %z, %Z - Time-zone name or abbreviation; no characters if time zone is unknown
  • %% - Percent sign

Extra # flag may prefix any formatting code. In that case, the meaning of the format code is changed as follows.

Format Code Meaning

  • %#a, %#A, %#b, %#B, %#p, %#X, %#z, %#Z, %#% # flag is ignored.
  • %#c Long date and time representation, appropriate for current locale. For example: “Tuesday, March 14, 1995, 12:41:29”.
  • %#x Long date representation, appropriate to current locale. For example: “Tuesday, March 14, 1995”.
  • %#d, %#H, %#I, %#j, %#m, %#M, %#S, %#U, %#w, %#W, %#y, %#Y Remove leading zeros (if any).
EXAMPLE // For example to get full week day name of date time use
str = DateTimeFormat( "%A", dt );

// To get YYYYMMDD without separtors use:
str = DateTimeFormat("%Y%m%d", dt );
SEE ALSO DateTimeToStr() function

References:

The DateTimeFormat function is used in the following formulas in AFL on-line library:

More information:

See updated/extended version on-line.