formatDate()

The strLib.formatDate() system function formats a DATE value and returns a STRING value. EGL tries the following formats for the conversion, in order. If a particular format is null, empty, or not valid, EGL moves to the next:
  1. The format string provided as a parameter
  2. strLib.defaultDateFormat
  3. The date format in the Java™ locale object (Java™ only)
  4. The format "MM/dd/yyyy"

Syntax

  strLib.formatDate(
    dateValue DATE? in
    [, dateFormat STRING? in])
  returns (result STRING?)
dateValue
Input can be any variable or expression that is assignment compatible with the DATE type (see "Assignment compatibility in EGL").
dateFormat
Identifies the date format, as described in Date/time masks and format specifiers. You can use a literal, a string variable, or any of the date format constants described in EGL library strLib.
result
A STRING variable. If either parameter has a null value, the function returns a null value.

Example

  myDate DATE = "20060606";
  myFormat STRING = "EEE, MMM d, ''yy";
  result STRING;
  
  result = strLib.formatDate(myDate,myFormat);
  // result is "Tue, Jun 6, '06"