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created: 20140418142957325
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modified: 20170630223008226
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tags: Features
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title: DateFormat
type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki
The ViewWidget accepts a `template` attribute that allows the format of date values to be specified. The format string is processed with the following substitutions:
|!Token |!Substituted Value |
|`DDD` |Day of week in full (eg, "Monday") |
|`ddd` |Short day of week (eg, "Mon") |
|`DD` |Day of month |
|`0DD` |Adds a leading zero |
|`DDth` |Adds a suffix |
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|`WW` |ISO-8601 week number of year |
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|`0WW` |Adds a leading zero |
|`MMM` |Month in full (eg, "July") |
|`mmm` |Short month (eg, "Jul") |
|`MM` |Month number |
|`0MM` |Adds leading zero |
|`YYYY` |Full year |
|`YY` |Two digit year |
|`wYYYY` |Full year with respect to week number |
|`wYY` |Two digit year with respect to week number |
|`hh` |Hours |
|`0hh` |Adds a leading zero |
|`hh12` |Hours in 12 hour clock |
|`0hh12` |Hours in 12 hour clock with leading zero |
|`mm` |Minutes |
|`0mm` |Minutes with leading zero |
|`ss` |Seconds |
|`0ss` |Seconds with leading zero |
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|`XXX` |Milliseconds |
|`0XXX` |Milliseconds with leading zero |
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|`am` or `pm` |Lower case AM/PM indicator |
|`AM` or `PM` |Upper case AM/PM indicator |
|`TZD` |Timezone offset |
|`\x` |Used to escape a character that would otherwise have special meaning |
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|`[UTC]`|Time-shift the represented date to UTC. Must be at very start of format string|
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Note that other text is passed through unchanged, allowing commas, colons or other separators to be used.
! Examples
|!Template |!Output |
|`DDth MMM YYYY` |16th February 2011 |
|`DDth MMM \M\M\M YYYY` |16th February MMM 2011 |
|`DDth mmm hh:mm:ss` |16th Feb 2011 11:38:42 |
