Classification
OTL Syntax
String time = FormatDate(IntegerTerm , StringTerm);
Description
Date format is a term which converts a timestamp in a date format and returns as a string. If there is no formatting specified, is the time to ISO 8601:2004 in the following format:
YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss[.fff]+hh:mm
(The symbols "-", ".", ":", ",", "+" And "T" are delimiters)
The following table gives an overview of the decoding of the individual format icons.
Modules of the ISO 8601 time format
YYYY |
MM |
DD |
hh |
mm |
ss |
fff |
hh |
mm
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Year |
Month |
Day |
Hour |
Minute |
Second |
Milisecond |
Hour (difference from GMT) |
Minute (difference from GMT)
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Return Value
The Term returns the value, see table below.
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In OTX, Terms are categorized according to its return data type!
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Data Type |
Description
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String |
Date in the form according to ISO8601 or as specified.
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Properties
Name |
Data Type |
Class |
Default |
Cardinality |
Description
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Timestamp |
Integer |
Term |
- |
[0..1] |
This property specifies a date as a time stamp, which is interpreted as the number of milliseconds elapsed since January 1 1970 00:00:00 UTC.
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Pattern |
String |
Term |
- |
[0..1] |
This feature can represent time in the desired format.
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OTL Examples
String CurrentTime;
CurrentTime = DateTime.FormatDate(DateTime.GetTimestamp(), null);
See also
GetTimeStamp
FormatDuration