dateToString()

This function converts a date value in a certain time zone and a certain language to a text.

Syntax

dateToString(timestamp, timeZone, language) #Output: Text

Examples

Parser Expression

Description

%{dateToString({issue.created}, RUN_AS_LOCAL, RUN_AS_LANG)}

This example will take the timestamp (date-time in milliseconds) and translates it to a user friendly text, displayed in the entered language's format.

This example might return:

18/May/20

%{dateToString({issue.created}, "Europe/Berlin", "de")}

With a different server language (e.g. German) the output differs.

This example might return:

18/Mai/20

Additional information

Parameters used in this function

Parameter	Input (data type)	Description
`timestamp`	NUMBER	The parameter must be valid timestamp. Usually this value is retrieved from a field (e.g. due date, created date).
`timeZone`	TEXT	The time zone used for the calculation.
`language`	TEXT	The language used for the conversion.

Days might depend on the time zone - it might be Sunday on the west coast of the US while at the same time it's already Monday in Australia.

If you want to convert a text into a date you might want to have a look at the function stringToDate().

Output

This function returns a TEXT

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