Formats a date value using U.S. date formats. When formatting both date and time, use dateTimeFormat. For international date support, use lsDateFormat.
dateFormat(date [, mask])
returns string
date.dateFormat([mask])
| Name | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| date | date | Yes | The datetime object (100AD-9999AD) | |
| mask | string | No | dd-mmm-yy | Each keyword below will be replaced in the string by its respective datepart: -d: Day of the month as digits; no leading zero for single-digit days. -dd: Day of the month as digits; leading zero for single-digit days. -ddd: Day of the week as a three-letter abbreviation. -dddd: Day of the week as its full name. -e: Day in a week (CF2016u3+). -f: Day of a week in a month (CF2016u3+). -D: Day in year. (pre-CF2016u3) -m: Month as digits; no leading zero for single-digit months. -mm: Month as digits; leading zero for single-digit months. -mmm: Month as a three-letter abbreviation. -mmmm: Month as its full name. -M: Month in year. (pre-CF2016u3) -k: Hour in a day (CF2016u3+). -W: Week in a month (CF2016u3+). -w: Week in a year (CF2016u3+). -yy: Year as last two digits; leading zero for years less than 10. -yyyy,YYYY: Year represented by four digits. -gg: Period/era string. -z: Time zone in unstandardized abbreviated format, for example, EST (CF2016u3+).-Z: Time zone in hours of offset (RFC 822 TimeZone), for example, +0530 (CF2016u3+).-X: Time zone in hours of offset in ISO 8601 format. (CF2016u3+). -X: +05-XX: +0530-XXX: +5:30The following keywords are shorthand for specific full formats and cannot be combined with other masks: -short: equivalent to m/d/y-medium: equivalent to mmm d, yyyy-long: equivalent to mmmm d, yyyy-full: equivalent to dddd, mmmm d, yyyy |
dateFormat("2015-04-11", "short")
dateFormat("2015-04-11", "long")
dateFormat("2015-04-11", "full")
createDate( 2022, 10, 1 ).dateFormat( 'mm/dd/yyyy' )