$dateformat
Description:
Returns the input date in the specified format, which is based on the
standard Python strftime format codes. If no format is specified
the date will be returned in the form ‘2020-02-15’. Note that any special
characters such as ‘%’, ‘$’, ‘(‘, ‘)’ and ‘\’ will need to be escaped as shown in the
examples below.
The “year”, “month” and “day” portions of the date must be entered as numbers, and can be separated
by any non-numeric characters. The default order for the input date is “ymd”. This can be changed
by specifying a date_order of either “dmy” or “mdy”.
If either the date or format are invalid an empty string will be returned.
Warning
Platform-specific formatting codes should be avoided to help ensure the portability
of scripts across the different platforms. These codes include: remove zero-padding (e.g.:
%-d and %-m on Linux or macOS, and their equivalent %#d and %#m on Windows);
element length specifiers (e.g.: %3Y); and hanging ‘%’ at the end of the format string.
Example:
The following statements will return the values indicated:
$set(foo,07.21.2021)
$set(bar,mdy)
$set(format,\%Y.\%m.\%d)
$dateformat(%foo%,%format%,%bar%) ==> "2021.07.21"
$dateformat(2021 07 21) ==> "2021-07-21"
$dateformat(2021.07.21) ==> "2021-07-21"
$dateformat(2021-07-21) ==> "2021-07-21"
$dateformat(2021-7-21) ==> "2021-07-21"
$dateformat(2021-7-21,\%B \%d\, \%Y) ==> "July 21, 2021"
$dateformat(2021-07-21,,myd) ==> "2021-07-21"
$dateformat(2021-07-21,,dmy) ==> ""
$dateformat(2021-07-21,,mdy) ==> ""
$dateformat(2021-July-21) ==> ""
$dateformat(2021) ==> ""
$dateformat(2021-07) ==> ""
$dateformat(,) ==> ""