FormatDateTime

Summary

The FormatDateTime function formats the date and time.

Syntax

FormatDateTime(<date or date_time or offset_date_time or offset_time or time or zoned_date_time)

Return Type

String

Details

The FormatDateTime function uses the Java 8 DateTimeFormatter.ofPatter() method and associated formatting masks.

The available masks depend on the input parameter data type. For example, time masks are unavailable for date data types.

Examples

FormatDateTime(ToDateTime('2014-01-01T20:15:23'), 'MM-dd-yyyy')
'01-01-2014'
FormatDateTime(ToDateTime('2014-01-01T20:15:23'), 'MM-dd-yyyy G')
'01-01-2014 AD'
FormatDateTime(ToDateTime('2014-01-01T20:15:23'), 'HH:mm:ss:SS')
'20:15:23:00'

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