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text dateFormat(timestamp, pattern, timeZone, language)
Returns the timestamp in timeZone, formatted according to pattern in language.
Predefined patterns:
"datetime" for the device default date & time format, the default"date" for the device default date only format"time" for the device default time only format"iso8601" for "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ"Pattern symbols with special meaning:
| Symbol | Component | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| G | Era | AD |
| y | Year | 2014 |
| M | Month | July; Jul; 07; 7 |
| w | Week in year | 27 |
| W | Week in month | 2 |
| D | Day in year | 189 |
| d | Day in month (1-31) | 10 |
| E | Day of week | Tuesday; Tue; T |
| F | Day of week in month (2nd Wed in July) | 2 |
| H | Hour in day (0-23) | 0 |
| k | Hour in day (1-24) | 24 |
| K | Hour in am/pm (0-11) | 0 |
| h | Hour in am/pm (1-12) | 12 |
| a | Am/pm marker | PM |
| m | Minute in hour | 30 |
| s | Second in minute | 55 |
| S | Millisecond | 978 |
| Z | Time zone offset | -0800 |
| z | Time zone name | Pacific Standard Time; PST; GMT-08:00 |
| ' | Avoid interpretation | 'day' d |
| '' | Single quote | ''o'clock' |
| Pattern | Result |
|---|---|
| yyyy.MM.dd G 'at' HH:mm:ss z | 2001.07.04 AD at 12:08:56 PDT |
| EEE, MMM d, ''yy | Wed, Jul 4, '01 |
| h:mm a | 12:08 PM |
| hh 'o''clock' a, zzzz | 12 o'clock PM, Pacific Daylight Time |
| K:mm a, z | 0:08 PM, PDT |
| yyyyy.MMMMM.dd GGG hh:mm aaa | 02001.July.04 AD 12:08 PM |
| EEE, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z | Wed, 4 Jul 2001 12:08:56 -0700 |
| yyMMddHHmmssZ | 010704120856-0700 |
| yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ | 2001-07-04T12:08:56.235-0700 |
Note! Use timeZone "UTC" when timestamp is a “time of day”, i.e. seconds since midnight, value.