Format date time

Function Syntax

string format_date_time(string inFormat ,string dtg ,string outFormat )

• inFormat is how the input string is formatted.
• dtg is the time to reformat.
• outFormat is how the output string should be formatted.

Full information on SimpleDateFormat here.

Code Sample

Examples of using format_date_time().

string input;
string format;
string informat;

input = today_to_string();
informat = "yyyyMMdd";
format = "yyyy MM dd";
print(input+" * "+format_date_time(informat, input, format));
format = "yyyy MM dd hh:mm:ss";
print(input+" * "+format_date_time(informat, input, format));
input = time_to_string();
print(input+" * "+format_date_time(informat, input, format));
informat = "hh:mm:ss z";
print(input+" * "+format_date_time(informat, input, format));

This is the output:

20111206 * 2011 12 06
20111206 * 2011 12 06 12:00:00
11:43:35 EST * Bad parameter(s) passed to format_date_time
11:43:35 EST * 1970 01 01 11:43:35

See Also

gameday_to_string() | gameday_to_int() | now_to_string() | time_to_string()