Visualizer Templates: Date / Time

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You can choose which components of a Date / Time field are displayed using the date filter in the token. Without the filter, the token would return the full date and the full time.

Important: When creating a content item, the value of a Date / Time field must be entered as Universal Time Coordinated (UTC) time or Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), not the local time. However, the date and time will be converted to the local time when the content item is displayed.
Example: Suppose the value of the "My Datetime" field (token: {{ myDatetime }}) is 2016 September 3, Saturday, 1:04 AM UTC. Suppose the local timezone is UTC+7; i.e., 08:04 AM Pacific Daylight Time.
  • The token with the date filter would be {{ myDatetime | date: [format] }}, where [format] is a string specifying which components of the date/time to use.
  • You can combine the format components; therefore, {{ myDatetime | date: "MMM dd, yyyy" }} returns Sep 03, 2016.
  • Without filters, the field would be displayed as 9/3/2016 8:04:00 AM, depending on the local settings.
Format component Description Example Result
dd Day of the month, zero-padded (01 — 31) {{ myDatetime | date: "dd" }} 03
ddd Abbreviated name of the day of the week {{ myDatetime | date: "ddd" }} Sat
dddd Full name of the day of the week {{ myDatetime | date: "dddd" }} Saturday
gg Era; e.g., B.C. or A.D. {{ myDatetime | date: "gg" }} A.D.
hh Hour of the day, 12-hour clock, zero-padded (01 — 12) {{ myDatetime | date: "hh" }} 08 (depending on local time)
HH Hour of the day, 24-hour clock, zero-padded (00 — 23) {{ myDatetime | date: "HH" }} 08 (depending on local time)
mm Minute of the hour, zero-padded (00 — 59) {{ myDatetime | date: "mm" }} 04
MM Month of the year, zero-padded (01 — 12) {{ myDatetime | date: "MM" }} 09
MMM Abbreviated name of the month {{ myDatetime | date: "MMM" }} Sep
MMMM Full name of the month {{ myDatetime | date: "MMMM" }} September
ss Seconds of the minute, zero-padded (00 — 59) {{ myDatetime | date: "ss" }} 00
tt AM/PM designator {{ myDatetime | date: "tt" }} AM
y Year without the century (0 — 99) {{ myDatetime | date: "y" }} 16
yy Year without the century, zero-padded (00 — 99) {{ myDatetime | date: "yy" }} 16
yyyy Full year {{ myDatetime | date: "yyyy" }} 2016
string A literal string.
Note: You must use the escape character "\" if your string contains characters that are reserved for formatting.
 {{ myDatetime | date: "hello, \hello" }} 8ello, hello
% Indicates that the following character(s) are formatting code. {{ myDatetime | date: "%Mdy" }} 9316
\ Escape character. Indicates that the following character is literal; i.e., not a formatting code. {{ myDatetime | date: "comment, co\m\men\t" }} co04enA, comment