Custom Date Helpers

These helpers provide some ability to manage date and time data.

• Helpers.Date.Format
• Helpers.Date.Today

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Helpers.Date.Format

Summary	Generate a formatted date string
Returns	Formatted datetime if possible, otherwise the input
Remarks
Parameters
input	Input string to try formatting
format	A standard or custom date and time format string

Example

Context

{
    "datetime": "2019-03-12T15:45:00Z"
}

Usage

<strong>result:</strong>
{{Helpers.Date.Format datetime "MMM. d yyyy"}}
{{Helpers.Date.Format datetime "MM/dd/yyyy"}}

Returns

<strong>result:</strong>
Mar. 12 2019
03/12/2019

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Helpers.Date.Today

Summary	Output formatted current date string using the specified time zone id, default format "MM/dd/yyyy"
Returns	Formatted current date
Remarks
Parameters
format	A standard or custom date and time format string
timeZoneName	Time Zone Name e.g. "Eastern Standard Time"

Example

Usage

<strong>result (assuming local date time as 12-Mar-2019 09:00:00 AM [India Standard Time]):</strong>
1: {{Helpers.Date.Today}}
2: {{Helpers.Date.Today "MM/dd/yyyy"}}
3: {{Helpers.Date.Today "MMM. d yyyy"}}
4: {{Helpers.Date.Today "yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ"}}
5: {{Helpers.Date.Today "MM/dd/yyyy" "Eastern Standard Time"}}
6: {{Helpers.Date.Today "MM/dd/yyyy" "UTC"}}
7: {{Helpers.Date.Today "MM/dd/yyyy" "Invalid Time Zone"}}

Returns

<strong>result (assuming local date time as 12-Mar-2019 09:00:00 AM [India Standard Time]):</strong>
1: 03/12/2019
2: 03/12/2019
3: Mar. 12 2019
4: 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z
5: 03/11/2019
6: 03/12/2019
7: 03/12/2019