Date Time Formatter

Overview

Date Time Formatter outputs a date and/or time in a specified format. By using a combination of special format characters, many different date/time formats can be created. This is used mostly for localization, however, it could also be used for formatting based on user preferences.

For more information about formatting strings, please see the external links at the bottom of this page.

Attributes

Input

Attribute	Type	Description
Default Timezone	Drop-down	The timezone that will be used, which is an offset of the UTC.
Default DST	Drop-down	Determines whether or not Daylight Savings Time is taken into account.

Output

Attribute	Type	Description
Format Examples	Drop-down	A selection of pre-defined formats. By selecting Custom, you can create a custom formatting string.
Custom Format	String	The formatting string which will determine how the date and/or time is represented.

Inputs

Input	Type	Description
Pulse Input (►)	Pulse	A standard input Pulse, to trigger the execution of the Node.
UTC Unix (ms)	Int	The UTC in Unix format.
Timezone Offset (ms)	Int	The time offset in milliseconds.
DST	Bool	Determines whether or not Daylight Savings Time is taken into account.
Format	String	The formatting string which will determine how the date and/or time is represented.

Outputs

Output	Type	Description
Pulse Output (►)	Pulse	A standard output Pulse, to move onto the next Node along the logic branch, once this Node has finished its execution.
Output	String	The formatted date/time.

See Also

• DateTime

• Timezone Value

• Now (UTC)

External Links

• Formatting Date and Time on WordPress.org.

• PHP: date - Manual on PHP.net.

• UTC - The World's Time Standard on timeanddate.com.