Summary

Within the Template Velocity context there are a couple of different Date formatting methods that allow you to change the how the dates are shown within the Template.

Some example methods

Within the $dateFormatter context there are couple of different methods that will format the dates in different ways.

$dateFormatter.format

This method allows to define a custom pattern to use when formatting the date. For more info about defining a custom pattern see: SimpleDateFormat (Java Platform SE 8 )

Value - the string date value that should be formatted.

Pattern - this is the pattern that should be used to format the value.

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$dateFormatter.formatDate

This method formats only the date part of the value and will display in the following pattern dd/MMM/yy.

Value - is the string date value that should be formatted.

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$dateFormatter.formatDateTime

This method formats the date and time part of the value and will display using the following pattern dd/MMM/yy hh:mm a

Value - the string date value that should be formatted

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$dateFormatter.formatDay

This method only formats the day of the week and the time.

Value - the string date value that should be formatted

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$dateFormatter.formatTime

This method only formats the time of the day using format hh:mm a

Value - the string date value that should be formatted.

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