parseDate
Syntax | parseDate(format, date_as_string[, locale_as_string]) | Package |
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Description
Returns the parsed date according to the format you provided. If parse fails, it will return a null date.
Parameters
Parameter name | Type | Required | Description |
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format | String | Yes | Valid Java format, as defined here: SimpleDateFormat (Java Platform SE 6) . |
date_as_string | String | Yes | String which represents the date. |
locale_as_string | String | No | Language tag which should be used to parse a date. It can be leveraged to parse dates like this: 5/???/18.This parameter accepts well-formed BCP 47 language tag. See this link for more details on possible values. |
Return Type
Date
Example
print("(1) Parsed date is:" + parseDate("yyyy.MM.dd", "2000.01.01")); // returns a valid date
print("(2) Parsed date is:" + parseDate("yyyy.MM.dd", "2000/01/01")); // returns an empty date (null)
print("(3) Parsed date is:" + parseDate("dd/MMM/yy", "5/???/18", "ru-RU")); // returns a valid date which is parsed using ru-RU localeSee also
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