DateTimeFormat Lib

Convert time to time string by mask.

Implemented from http://blog.stevenlevithan.com/archives/date-time-format

Libs.DateTimeFormat.format(time, mask);

Example:

var now = new Date();
Libs.DateTimeFormat.format(now, "m/dd/yy");

Libs.DateTimeFormat.format(now, "ddd mmm dd yyyy HH:MM:ss");

Libs.DateTimeFormat.format(now, "h:MM TT");

Mask

Description

d

Day of the month as digits; no leading zero for single-digit days.

dd

Day of the month as digits; leading zero for single-digit days.

ddd

Day of the week as a three-letter abbreviation.

dddd

Day of the week as its full name.

m

Month as digits; no leading zero for single-digit months.

mm

Month as digits; leading zero for single-digit months.

mmm

Month as a three-letter abbreviation.

mmmm

Month as its full name.

yy

Year as last two digits; leading zero for years less than 10.

yyyy

Year represented by four digits.

h

Hours; no leading zero for single-digit hours (12-hour clock).

hh

Hours; leading zero for single-digit hours (12-hour clock).

H

Hours; no leading zero for single-digit hours (24-hour clock).

HH

Hours; leading zero for single-digit hours (24-hour clock).

M

Minutes; no leading zero for single-digit minutes. Uppercase M unlike CF timeFormat's m to avoid conflict with months.

MM

Minutes; leading zero for single-digit minutes. Uppercase MM unlike CF timeFormat's mm to avoid conflict with months.

s

Seconds; no leading zero for single-digit seconds.

ss

Seconds; leading zero for single-digit seconds.

l or L

Milliseconds. l gives 3 digits. L gives 2 digits.

t

Lowercase, single-character time marker string: a or p. No equivalent in CF.

tt

Lowercase, two-character time marker string: am or pm. No equivalent in CF.

T

Uppercase, single-character time marker string: A or P. Uppercase T unlike CF's t to allow for user-specified casing.

TT

Uppercase, two-character time marker string: AM or PM. Uppercase TT unlike CF's tt to allow for user-specified casing.

Z

US timezone abbreviation, e.g. EST or MDT. With non-US timezones or in the Opera browser, the GMT/UTC offset is returned, e.g. GMT-0500 No equivalent in CF.

o

GMT/UTC timezone offset, e.g. -0500 or +0230. No equivalent in CF.

S

The date's ordinal suffix (st, nd, rd, or th). Works well with d. No equivalent in CF.

'…'or"…"

Literal character sequence. Surrounding quotes are removed. No equivalent in CF.

UTC:

Must be the first four characters of the mask. Converts the date from local time to UTC/GMT/Zulu time before applying the mask. The "UTC:" prefix is removed. No equivalent in CF.

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