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DateandtimeHelpers
ThefollowingFormatHelpersworkwithdates.Adatecancontainadateandtime.
NotethatthisrequiresthedatafieldtobeofthetypeDate.TheseHelpersdon'tworkwithplaintext.
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dateformatsadateobjectusingacustompattern.Putthepatternafterthenameofthedata
field,andencloseitindoublequotes.
Thecustompatternmayconsistofpatternletters,separatingsymbolsandquotedtext,for
example:"MMMMdd,yyyy";see"Dateandtimepatterns"onpage1180.
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dateLongformatsadateaslongstringrepresentation,forexampleApril 1, 2022.
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dateMediumformatsadateasmediumstringrepresentation,forexampleApr 1, 2022.
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dateShortformatsadateasshortstringrepresentation,forexample4-1-2022.
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dateTimeformatsadateandtimeobjectusingacustompattern.Putthepatternafterthename
ofthedatafield,andencloseitindoublequotes.
Thecustompatternmayconsistofpatternletters,separatingsymbolsandquotedtext,for
example:"yyyy.MM.ddG'at'HH:mm:ssz";see"Dateandtimepatterns"onpage1180.
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dateTimeLongformatsadateandtimeaslongstringrepresentation,forexampleApril 1, 2022
12:00:00 EDT AM.
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dateTimeMediumformatsadateandtimeasmediumstringrepresentation,forexampleApr 1,
2022 12:00:00 AM.
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dateTimeShortformatsadateandtimeasshortstringrepresentation,forexample4/1/22 12:00
AM.
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timeformatsatimeusingacustompattern.Putthepatternafterthenameofthedatafield,and
encloseitindoublequotes.
Thecustompatternmayconsistofpatternletters,separatingsymbolsandquotedtext,for
example:"'at'HH:mm:ssz";see"Dateandtimepatterns"onpage1180.
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timeLongformatsatimeaslongstringrepresentation,forexample12:00:00 EDT AM.
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timeMediumformatsatimeasmediumstringrepresentation,forexample12:00:00 AM.
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timeShortformatsatimeasshortstringrepresentation,forexample12:00 AM.
Creating custom Helpers
AHelperisafunctionthatcanbeusedinanexpression.
InbothHandlebarsandOLConnect,anumberofHelpersarepredefined(see"Usingfunctionsin
expressions:Helpers"onpage766),butyoucanalsocreateyourownHelpers.(SeetheHandlebars
guide:https://handlebarsjs.com/guide/#custom-helpers.)
ThistopicexplainshowtocreateacustomHelperinOLConnect.
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