datetime.format

This function displays the date according to the specified format. The format uses MM(month), DD(day), YYYY(year), hh(hour), mm(minute), and ss(second). Except MM, the rest are not case-sensitive. The datetime format can also be set with a predefined layout ANSIC, UnixDate, RubyDate, RFC822, RFC822Z, RFC850, RFC1123, RFC1123Z, RFC3339 and RFC3339Nano.

Syntax

datetime.format(datetime, format) 

Arguments

Argument

Type

Description

datetime

datetime

Date and time to be formatted.

format

string

Format to be used for the date and time.

Returns

Type

Description

string

Date and time in the specified format.

Examples

The function datetime.format(datetime.current(), "RFC3339") returns the current date and time in RFC3339 format.