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 date.

Syntax

datetime(format)

Parameter

Description

format

The date format pattern to be used.

Examples

// 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")