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The message applies the expression and displays it as seen below.
 
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Latest revision as of 10:32, 25 April 2019

Converts a value into a date using the format specified after the argument.

Example One

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Convert a fixed value. Databox CompanyData.Expressions.Date holds the value 15-10-2016 and using Examples.Date.AsDate in the message Expressions.EXPDATE it is converted into the format "ddd dd MMM yyyy"

Setup

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The fixed value to be converted.

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This is the expression to convert it to a different format. Using the correct formats shown on the Date Expressions page, you can convert this date into almost limitless formats.

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Demonstration

The message applies the expression and displays it as seen below.

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Example Two

Convert a user entered date. This example follows the same format as the first but using a date entered by the user rather than a fixed value.

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Demonstration

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Example Three

Convert 24 hour time to 12 hour time. User enters time in the 24 hour format "HH:mm" and it is converted into and displayed as 12 hour time "hh:mm tt"

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  • The user enters the time in question Time01
  • This is written into Examples.Date and then evaluated against Examples.Date.AsDate 24H->12H
  • The result is written into Script.Info01 and displayed in the message Expressions.EXPDATE08

Setup

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Demonstration

Below the script has been run twice, once with an PM time and once with a AM time.

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