Formats the date time using specified formatting pattern with the current culture settings.

Syntax

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string locale.formatdatetimecustom(datetime value, string format) string locale.formatdatetimecustom(datetime value, string format, string culture)

Parameters

Name	Data Type	Description
value	DateTime	The value.
format	String	The format.
culture	String	The culture.

Return Value

Data Type	Description
String	String

Examples

Locale FormatDateTime

The following code example demonstrates various datetime formatting viper methods.

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{buffer.set(d, datetime.getdate(1956, 12, 3, 5, 38, 59))} <table> <tr> <th colspan="2">Default culture</th> </tr> <tr><td>Default formatted</td><td>{locale.formatdatetime($d)}</td></tr> <tr><td>Custom formatted</td><td>{locale.formatdatetimecustom($d, 'dddd MM-dd-yy')}</td></tr> <tr><td>Long date</td><td>{locale.formatlongdate($d)}</td></tr> <tr><td>Long date, long time</td><td>{locale.formatlongdatelongtime($d)}</td></tr> <tr><td>Long date, short time</td><td>{locale.formatlongdateshorttime($d)}</td></tr> <tr><td>Long time</td><td>{locale.formatlongtime($d)}</td></tr> <tr><td>Short date</td><td>{locale.formatshortdate($d)}</td></tr> <tr><td>Short date and time</td><td>{locale.formatshortdatetime($d)}</td></tr> <tr><td>Short time</td><td>{locale.formatshorttime($d)}</td></tr> </table> <table> <tr> <th colspan="2">nl-nl culture</th> </tr> <tr><td>Default formatted</td><td>{locale.formatdatetime($d,'nl-nl')}</td></tr> <tr><td>Custom formatted</td><td>{locale.formatdatetimecustom($d, 'dddd MM-dd-yy', 'nl-nl')}</td></tr> <tr><td>Long date</td><td>{locale.formatlongdate($d,'nl-nl')}</td></tr> <tr><td>Long date, long time</td><td>{locale.formatlongdatelongtime($d, 'nl-nl')}</td></tr> <tr><td>Long date, short time</td><td>{locale.formatlongdateshorttime($d, 'nl-nl')}</td></tr> <tr><td>Long time</td><td>{locale.formatlongtime($d, 'nl-nl')}</td></tr> <tr><td>Short date</td><td>{locale.formatshortdate($d, 'nl-nl')}</td></tr> <tr><td>Short date and time</td><td>{locale.formatshortdatetime($d, 'nl-nl')}</td></tr> <tr><td>Short time</td><td>{locale.formatshorttime($d, 'nl-nl')}</td></tr> </table>

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{buffer.set(d, datetime.getdate(1956, 12, 3, 5, 38, 59))}

<table>
<tr>
<th colspan="2">Default culture</th>
</tr>
<tr><td>Default formatted</td><td>{locale.formatdatetime($d)}</td></tr>
<tr><td>Custom formatted</td><td>{locale.formatdatetimecustom($d, 'dddd MM-dd-yy')}</td></tr>
<tr><td>Long date</td><td>{locale.formatlongdate($d)}</td></tr>
<tr><td>Long date, long time</td><td>{locale.formatlongdatelongtime($d)}</td></tr>
<tr><td>Long date, short time</td><td>{locale.formatlongdateshorttime($d)}</td></tr>
<tr><td>Long time</td><td>{locale.formatlongtime($d)}</td></tr>
<tr><td>Short date</td><td>{locale.formatshortdate($d)}</td></tr>
<tr><td>Short date and time</td><td>{locale.formatshortdatetime($d)}</td></tr>
<tr><td>Short time</td><td>{locale.formatshorttime($d)}</td></tr>
</table>

<table>
<tr>
<th colspan="2">nl-nl culture</th>
</tr>
<tr><td>Default formatted</td><td>{locale.formatdatetime($d,'nl-nl')}</td></tr>
<tr><td>Custom formatted</td><td>{locale.formatdatetimecustom($d, 'dddd MM-dd-yy', 'nl-nl')}</td></tr>
<tr><td>Long date</td><td>{locale.formatlongdate($d,'nl-nl')}</td></tr>
<tr><td>Long date, long time</td><td>{locale.formatlongdatelongtime($d, 'nl-nl')}</td></tr>
<tr><td>Long date, short time</td><td>{locale.formatlongdateshorttime($d, 'nl-nl')}</td></tr>
<tr><td>Long time</td><td>{locale.formatlongtime($d, 'nl-nl')}</td></tr>
<tr><td>Short date</td><td>{locale.formatshortdate($d, 'nl-nl')}</td></tr>
<tr><td>Short date and time</td><td>{locale.formatshortdatetime($d, 'nl-nl')}</td></tr>
<tr><td>Short time</td><td>{locale.formatshorttime($d, 'nl-nl')}</td></tr>
</table>

Locale FormatDateTimeCustom Example

Example using various custom datetime format strings.

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{buffer.set(d, datetime.getdate(1956, 12, 3, 5, 38, 59))} <table> <tr><td>(d) Short date: </td><td>{locale.formatdatetimecustom($d,"d")}</td></tr> <tr><td>(D) Long date: </td><td>{locale.formatdatetimecustom($d,"D")}</td></tr> <tr><td>(t) Short time: </td><td>{locale.formatdatetimecustom($d,"t")}</td></tr> <tr><td>(T) Long time: </td><td>{locale.formatdatetimecustom($d,"T")}</td></tr> <tr><td>(f) Full date/short time: </td><td>{locale.formatdatetimecustom($d,"f")}</td></tr> <tr><td>(F) Full date/long time: </td><td>{locale.formatdatetimecustom($d,"F")}</td></tr> <tr><td>(g) General date/short time: </td><td>{locale.formatdatetimecustom($d,"g")}</td></tr> <tr><td>(G) General date/long time: </td><td>{locale.formatdatetimecustom($d,"G")}</td></tr> <tr><td>(R) RFC1123: </td><td>{locale.formatdatetimecustom($d,"R")}</td></tr> <tr><td>(s) Sortable: </td><td>{locale.formatdatetimecustom($d,"s")}</td></tr> <tr><td>(Y) Year-month pattern: </td><td>{locale.formatdatetimecustom($d,"Y")}</td></tr> <tr><td>Custom pattern: </td><td>{locale.formatdatetimecustom($d,"dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm:ss tt")}</td></tr> </table>

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{buffer.set(d, datetime.getdate(1956, 12, 3, 5, 38, 59))}

<table>
<tr><td>(d) Short date: </td><td>{locale.formatdatetimecustom($d,"d")}</td></tr>
<tr><td>(D) Long date: </td><td>{locale.formatdatetimecustom($d,"D")}</td></tr>
<tr><td>(t) Short time: </td><td>{locale.formatdatetimecustom($d,"t")}</td></tr>
<tr><td>(T) Long time: </td><td>{locale.formatdatetimecustom($d,"T")}</td></tr>
<tr><td>(f) Full date/short time: </td><td>{locale.formatdatetimecustom($d,"f")}</td></tr>
<tr><td>(F) Full date/long time: </td><td>{locale.formatdatetimecustom($d,"F")}</td></tr>
<tr><td>(g) General date/short time: </td><td>{locale.formatdatetimecustom($d,"g")}</td></tr>
<tr><td>(G) General date/long time: </td><td>{locale.formatdatetimecustom($d,"G")}</td></tr>
<tr><td>(R) RFC1123: </td><td>{locale.formatdatetimecustom($d,"R")}</td></tr>
<tr><td>(s) Sortable: </td><td>{locale.formatdatetimecustom($d,"s")}</td></tr>
<tr><td>(Y) Year-month pattern: </td><td>{locale.formatdatetimecustom($d,"Y")}</td></tr>
<tr><td>Custom pattern: </td><td>{locale.formatdatetimecustom($d,"dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm:ss tt")}</td></tr>
</table>

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