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Date Functions
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Description:
These functions are very useful when dealing with any type of date fields.

They use the same format strings as the java.text.SimpleDateFormat class, with a few minor exceptions.

Functions include:

  • isDate() - Check if a date is valid
  • compareDates() - See if one date is greater than another
  • formatDate() - Output a Date() object in any format
  • getDateFromFormat() - Parse a date string and return time in ms representing date object

Example:
(Note the difference between M (month) and m (minute)!!!)
  Date String Date Format  
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2:
Date Format Output Current Date
Date String Date Format Convert To Format Output
Free-Form Date Field Parsed Date 
The format string consists of the following abbreviations:

Field        | Full Form          | Short Form
-------------|--------------------|-----------------------
Year         | yyyy (4 digits)    | yy (2 digits), y (2 or 4 digits)
Month        | MMM (name or abbr.)| MM (2 digits), M (1 or 2 digits)
             | NNN (abbr.)        |
Day of Month | dd (2 digits)      | d (1 or 2 digits)
Day of Week  | EE (name)          | E (abbr)
Hour (1-12)  | hh (2 digits)      | h (1 or 2 digits)
Hour (0-23)  | HH (2 digits)      | H (1 or 2 digits)
Hour (0-11)  | KK (2 digits)      | K (1 or 2 digits)
Hour (1-24)  | kk (2 digits)      | k (1 or 2 digits)
Minute       | mm (2 digits)      | m (1 or 2 digits)
Second       | ss (2 digits)      | s (1 or 2 digits)
AM/PM        | a                  |

NOTE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MM and mm! Month=MM, not mm!

Examples:
 "MMM d, y" matches: January 01, 2000
                     Dec 1, 1900
                     Nov 20, 00
 "M/d/yy"   matches: 01/20/00
                     9/2/00
 "MMM dd, yyyy hh:mm:ssa" matches: "January 01, 2000 12:30:45AM"