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Display the current time to be the abbreviate of Month

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Posted on by ilu989 164

Hi Everyone,

 

I know how to use utcnow to make the current date as DD/MM/YY.......11/02/2020 with the expression @formatDateTime(utcnow(), 'dd-MM-yyyy')

But is it possible to make the date format as DDMMMYYYY, for example, 24OCT2019

 

Hope Flow can do this, thanks.

 

Regards,

ilu989

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    efialttes 14,756 on at

    Hi

    According to the documentation formatDateTime() supports "Either a single format specifier or a custom format pattern. The default format for the timestamp is "o" (yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss:fffffffK), which complies with ISO 8601 and preserves time zone information."

     

    So, if we use custom format pattern, in theory it should be possible to request the following format

    formatDateTime(utcNow(), 'ddMMMyyyy')

     

    If you need it in capital letters, try with

    toUpper(formatDateTime(utcNow(), 'ddMMMyyyy'))

     

    Hope this helps

  • v-bacao-msft Profile Picture
    v-bacao-msft on at

     

    Hi @ilu989 ,

     

    Please try the methods provided by @efialttes to achieve the requirements. I tested it on my side and this method fits your needs.

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    Best Regards,

  • ilu989 Profile Picture
    ilu989 164 on at

    Hi @efialttes ,

     

    Thanks for your instruction, that's work and amazing!

    @formatDateTime(utcNow(), 'ddMMMyyyy')

     

    Regards,

    ilu989

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