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Format Date in PAD to DD/MMM/YY

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Hi,

 

I have a requirement to populate a date field with format "DD/MMM/YY". Can someone help please?

 

What I have done so far is:

 

Get Current Date

Add to date time (-12 months)

____ What I need here is the custom format option to set the date as per above "DD/MMM/YY"

Store this as a variable and pass on to populate a date field.

 

Appreciate your assistance.

 

Regards

V

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    MichaelAnnis Profile Picture
    MichaelAnnis 5,727 Moderator on at

    The action is called: Change datetime to text

     

    you want to use a custom format dd/MMM/yy

     

    Ms must be capitalized because lower case m stands for minutes. Everything else is lower case 

     

    good luck. 

  • Agnius Bartninkas Profile Picture
    Agnius Bartninkas Most Valuable Professional on at

    The action is actually called Convert datetime to text. Other than that, what @MichaelAnnis said is correct. Make sure you capitalize the format properly. Use lowercase d for days, uppercase M for months (lowercase m is used for minutes) and lowercase y for years.

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    v2 16 on at

    Thank you MichaelAnnis and Agnius for your prompt reply ! I capitalised the DD & YY and this was my error.

     

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