Date Format

Modified on Wed, Jan 17 at 6:48 PM

Command: attribute

Value: type="date"

Command: format

Use any valid specifiers inside the curly braces.

Examples: date{dd/MM/yyyy} or date{yyyy-MM-dd} or date{MMMM dd, yyyy}

NOTE: An attribute command with value:

type="date" or type="datetime-local"

must be added to the block to activate the picker.

A second block can be used for Time if desired.

attribute type="time"

format Use any valid specifiers inside the curly braces.

Example: date{h:mm:tt}

Specifier	Description	Example
yyyy	4-digit-year	2023
yy	2-digit-year 00 to 99	23
y	1 or 2-digit-year 0 to 99	23
MMMM	full name of month	September
MMM	abbreviated name of month	Sep
MM	The month, from 01 through 12	09
M	The month, from 1 through 12	9
dddd	full name of day	Friday
ddd	abbreviated name of day	Fri
dd	The day of the month, from 01 through 31	08
d	The day of the month, from 1 through 31	8
hh	The hour, using a 12-hour clock from 01 to 12	01
h	The hour, using a 12-hour clock from 1 to 12	1
HH	The hour, using a 24-hour clock from 00 to 23	13
H	The hour, using a 24-hour clock from 0 to 23	3
mm	The minute, from 00 through 59	01
m	The minute, from 0 through 59	1
tt	The AM/PM designator	AM
t	The first character of the AM/PM designator	A
Specifier	Description	Example
yyyy	4-digit-year	2023
yy	2-digit-year 00 to 99	23
y	1 or 2-digit-year 0 to 99	23
MMMM	full name of month	September
MMM	abbreviated name of month	Sep
MM	The month, from 01 through 12	09
M	The month, from 1 through 12	9
dddd	full name of day	Friday
ddd	abbreviated name of day	Fri
dd	The day of the month, from 01 through 31	08
d	The day of the month, from 1 through 31	8
hh	The hour, using a 12-hour clock from 01 to 12	01
h	The hour, using a 12-hour clock from 1 to 12	1
HH	The hour, using a 24-hour clock from 00 to 23	13
H	The hour, using a 24-hour clock from 0 to 23	3
mm	The minute, from 00 through 59	01
m	The minute, from 0 through 59	1
tt	The AM/PM designator	AM
t	The first character of the AM/PM designator	A

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New Parameter added to format command:

now same as now plus day (now - stands for the current server date)
now plus day or (now day) or (now)
now minus day
now plus week or (now week)
now minus week
now plus month or (now month)
now minus month
now plus year or (now year)
now minus year

The now parameter will add (or subtract) the user input to the current (server) date.

Date format can be appended to the above separated by ::

Default format is mm/dd/yyyy

Please note that the date formats are different than the chart above when using 'now'.

Recognized date formats:

d Day as either 1 or two digits without 0 (when applicable)

dd Day as either 1 or two digits with 0 (when applicable)

ddd Adds proper ending to Day (st, nd, rd or th)

DD Weekday name

DDCAP Weekday name in capital letters

m Month as either 1 or two digits without 0 (when applicable)

mm Month as either 1 or two digits with 0 (when applicable)

MM Month name

MMCAP Month name in capital letters

yy Last two digits of year

yyyy All four digits of year

Example:

now plus day::MM ddd, yyyy

If now is May 17th, 2022 and user entered 15 then the printout will be:

June 1st, 2022

Note: If the block contains a hide status command then the default value is added to or subtracted from the current server date. A 0 value will print the current server date. If this field wasn’t hidden initially then whatever data a user has saved previously will be used so please reset the fields before making such product available to users.