datetime ======== Makes a value of datetime 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:`date`. Syntax ------ .. code-block:: javascript datetime(format) =============== ============================ Parameter Description =============== ============================ ``format`` The date format pattern to be used. =============== ============================ Examples -------- .. code-block:: javascript // example: 08/23/73 $('AVar').datetime('MM/dd/yy') // example: 10/23/12 10:59 PM $('AVar').datetime('MM/dd/yy h:mm a') // example: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 12:08:56 -0700 $('AVar').datetime('EEE, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z') // example: 2008-03-01T13:00:00+01:00 $('AVar').datetime("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ")