date ==== Makes a value of date type by parsing the text value given a date format pattern. The pattern should be defined from the `Java Date Format Specifications `_: ======= ================================================= ===================================== Letter Date or time component Example ======= ================================================= ===================================== G Era designator AD y Year 1996; 96 Y Week year 2009; 09 M Month in year July; Jul; 07 w Week in year 27 W Week in month 2 D Day in year 189 d Day in month 10 F Day of week in month 2 E Day name in week Tuesday; Tue u Day number of week (1 = Monday, ..., 7 = Sunday) 1 a Am/pm marker PM H Hour in day (0-23) 0 k Hour in day (1-24) 24 K Hour in am/pm (0-11) 0 h Hour in am/pm (1-12) 12 m Minute in hour 30 s Second in minute 55 S Millisecond 978 z Time zone Pacific Standard Time; PST; GMT-08:00 Z Time zone -0800 X Time zone -08; -0800; -08:00 ======= ================================================= ===================================== See also :doc:`datetime`. Syntax ------ .. code-block:: javascript date(format) =============== ============================ Parameter Description =============== ============================ ``format`` The date format pattern to be used. =============== ============================ Examples -------- .. code-block:: javascript // example: 08/23/73 $('AVar').date('MM/dd/yy') // example: Dec 31, 2009 $('AVar').date('MMM dd, yyyy') // example: Wed, Jul 4, '01 $('AVar').date("EEE, MMM d, ''yy")