date_format()
Usage
date_format(date, pattern)
Description
Formats the given date object according to the given pattern, using the current locale (language/country settings). This method uses the Java SimpleDateFormat class which provides the following pattern chars:
| Letter | Date or Time Component |
|---|---|
| G | Era designator |
| y | Year |
| Y | Week year |
| M | Month in year |
| w | Week in year |
| W | Week in month |
| D | Day in year |
| d | Day in month |
| F | Day of week in month |
| E | Day name in week |
| u | Day number of week (1 = Monday, ..., 7 = Sunday) |
| a | Am/pm marker |
| H | Hour in day (0-23) |
| k | Hour in day (1-24) |
| K | Hour in am/pm (0-11) |
| h | Hour in am/pm (1-12) |
| m | Minute in hour |
| s | Second in minute |
| S | Millisecond |
| z | Time zone |
| Z | Time zone |
| X | Time zone |
Each character can be repeated multiple times to control the output format.
| Pattern | Description |
|---|---|
| d | prints one or two numbers (e.g. "1", "5" or "20") |
| dd | prints two numbers (e.g. "01", "05" or "20") |
| EEE | prints the shortened name of the weekday (e.g. "Mon") |
| EEEE | prints the long name of the weekday (e.g. "Monday") |
Example
${date_format(page.createdDate, 'yyyy-MM-dd')}
results in
2015-12-12