Module API - end-user/datetime-functions

Description

This plugin has the following datetime functions:

now - returns the current date/time to be used by the other datetime functions.

date - returns a specific date/time to be used by the other functions. The input can be the following:

• a textual formated date or date/time. e.g. date('1974-04-25 12:20:10'). for the supported formats, read Mozilla Date Documentation.
• 3 numerical values, representing year,month,day. e.g. date(1985,6,12).
• 6 numerical values, representing date and time. e.g. date(1755,11,1,9,40,0).

formatDateTime - returns a formatted version of the datetime. The input is:

• format. this follows the rules of momentjs. The supported tokens are:
  • YY - 2-digits year.
  • YYYY - 4-digits year.
  • M - month.
  • MM - zero-pad month. e.g. 02.
  • MMM - 3-char month name.
  • MMMM - long month name.
  • d - day of the week.
  • ddd - 3-char day of the week.
  • dddd - long day of the week.
  • D - day of the month.
  • DD - zero-pad day of the month.
  • H - hour (0-23).
  • HH - zero-pad hour (00-23).
  • h - hour (1-12).
  • hh - zero-pad hour (01-12).
  • m - minute.
  • mm - zero-pad minute.
  • s - second.
  • ss - zero-pad second.
  • A - AM PM.
  • a - am pm.
• datetime. A value created by now or by date.
• optional locale. Used to decode month, AM/PM, and weekday names.

year - returns the 4-digit year of the datetime. The datetime is a value created by now or by date.

shortYear - returns the 2-digit year of the datetime. The datetime is a value created by now or by date.

month - returns the month of the datetime. The datetime is a value created by now or by date.

day - returns the day of the datetime. The datetime is a value created by now or by date.

hour - returns the hour of the datetime. The datetime is a value created by now or by date.

minute - returns the minute of the datetime. The datetime is a value created by now or by date.

second - returns the second of the datetime. The datetime is a value created by now or by date.