Format

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Combined with the AsDate and the following arguments, Format is used to choose how you wish to display any date.

AsDate Expressions
Expression Databox Value Result Comments
AsDate "15-10-2018 08:00pm" 15/10/2018 20:00:00 A date entry is converted into a simple date format
AsDate Format ("ddd dd MMM yyyy - HH:mm") "15-10-2018 08:00pm" Mon 15 Oct 2018 - 20:00 A date entry is formatted to the required layout
AsDate Format (‘d’) "15-10-2018 08:00pm" 15/10/2018 A date entry is converted into day/month/year
AsDate Format (‘dd’) "15-10-2018 08:00pm" 15 A date entry is converted into day of the month
AsDate Format (‘ddd’) "15-10-2018 08:00pm" Mon A date entry is converted into short name for day
AsDate Format (‘dddd’) "15-10-2018 08:00pm" Monday A date entry is converted into full name for day
AsDate Format (‘D’) "15-10-2018 08:00pm" 15 Oct 2018 A date entry is converted into day month year (with short month name)
AsDate Format (‘m') "15-10-2018 08:00pm" 15 Oct A date entry is converted into day month (with short month name)
AsDate Format (‘mm') "15-10-2018 08:00pm" 00 (minutes) A date entry is converted into the minutes past the hour
AsDate Format (‘MM’) "15-10-2018 08:00pm" 10 A date entry is converted into the month
AsDate Format (‘MMM’) "15-10-2018 08:00pm" Oct A date entry is converted into the month (with short month name)
AsDate Format (‘y’) "15-10-2018 08:00pm" Oct 2018 A date entry is converted into month year (with short month name)
AsDate Format (‘yy’) "15-10-2018 08:00pm" 18 A date entry is converted into final two numbers of the year
AsDate Format (‘yyy’) "15-10-2018 08:00pm" 2018 A date entry is converted into the year