Built-In Namespace Date
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formatDate(fmt)
Converts a date to a string according to specs in fmt
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setISO8601(string, offset)
Converts a string in ISO 8601 format to a date object.
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toISO8601String(format, offset)
Convert date to an ISO 8601 formatted string.
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Method Detail
formatDate(fmt)
Converts a date to a string according to specs in fmt
Defined in: <ricoCommon.js>.
Defined in: <ricoCommon.js>.
- Parameters:
- fmt
- string specifying the output format, may be one of the following:
- locale or localeDateTime
- use javascript's built-in toLocaleString() function
- localeDate
- use javascript's built-in toLocaleDateString() function
- translate or translateDateTime
- use the date and time format specified in the RicoTranslate object
- translateDate
- use the date format specified in the RicoTranslate object
- Otherwise
- Any combination of: yyyy, yy, mmmm, mmm, mm, m, hh, h, HH, H, nn, ss, a/p
- Returns:
- formatted string
setISO8601(string, offset)
Converts a string in ISO 8601 format to a date object.
Defined in: <ricoCommon.js>.
Defined in: <ricoCommon.js>.
- Parameters:
- string
- value to be converted
- offset
- can be used to bias the conversion and must be in minutes if provided
- Returns:
- true if string is a valid date or date-time.
- See:
- Based on delete.me.uk article
toISO8601String(format, offset)
Convert date to an ISO 8601 formatted string.
Defined in: <ricoCommon.js>.
Defined in: <ricoCommon.js>.
- Parameters:
- format
- an integer in the range 1-6 (default is 6):
- 1 (year)
- YYYY (eg 1997)
- 2 (year and month)
- YYYY-MM (eg 1997-07)
- 3 (complete date)
- YYYY-MM-DD (eg 1997-07-16)
- 4 (complete date plus hours and minutes)
- YYYY-MM-DDThh:mmTZD (eg 1997-07-16T19:20+01:00)
- 5 (complete date plus hours, minutes and seconds)
- YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssTZD (eg 1997-07-16T19:20:30+01:00)
- 6 (complete date plus hours, minutes, seconds and a decimal fraction of a second)
- YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.sTZD (eg 1997-07-16T19:20:30.45+01:00)
- offset
- See:
- Based on: codeproject.com article