The datetime format (dtf)

Date and time formatting rules that specify how strings from user input and data-binding expressions should be parsed as date values.

Usage

(dtf
((yyyy|yy|MM|M|dd|d|HH|H|mm|m|
ss|s|string-literal)*)

Parameters

Parameter	Description
yyyy	The four-digit integer year portion of the resulting dtl.
yy	The two-digit integer year portion of the resulting dtl.
MM	The two-digit integer month portion of the resulting dtl. Zero-padded if the value is below 10.
M	The single- (<10) or double-digit (>10) integer month portion of the resulting dtl.
dd	The two-digit integer day portion of the resulting dtl. Zero-padded if the value is below 10.
d	The single- (<10) or double-digit (>10) integer day portion of the resulting dtl.
HH	The two-digit integer hour portion of the resulting dtl. Zero-padded if the value is below 10.
H	The single- (<10) or double-digit (>10) integer hour portion of the resulting dtl.
mm	The two-digit integer minute portion of the resulting dtl. Zero-padded if value is below 10.
m	The single- (<10) or double-digit (>10) integer minute portion of the resulting dtl.
ss	The two-digit integer second portion of the resulting dtl. Zero-padded if value is below 10.
s	The single- (<10) or double-digit (>10) integer second portion of the resulting dtl.
string-literal	The separator string between portions of the format.

Sample

formatNumberSample.fls.xml

...
<datepicker id="dpBoo"
  date='{sysp.dtlFormOpen}'
  dateFormat='(dtf yy"*"MM"*"d)'/>
<datepicker id="dpFoo"
  date='{sysp.dtlFormOpen}'
  dateFormat='(dtf yyyy"+*/"d)'/>
...

Figure 301. The same date bound into two datepickers with very different dtf instructions is displayed as two quite different strings

Related links

Localization

The number format (nuf)