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dateformat:gettime

Converts a date string from JDBC date format or milliseconds into a displayable time string according to the format of the current DateFormat object.

Syntax

<dateformat.gettime 
      name="date-formatobject"
      value="date string"
      valuetype="jdbcdate|milliseconds"
      varname="variable name" />

Parameters

name (required)

Name of the date-format object created with dateformat:create.

value (required)

Date string in JDBC date format or milliseconds.

valuetype (required)

Specify the value type. Possible values are as follows:

• jdbcdate - Value is in JDBC date format.
• milliseconds - Value is in milliseconds.

varname (required)

Name of the variable to create with the converted date string.

Description

This tag puts a formatted time string into a variable.

errno

None.

Example

This displays a date with the information 3:30:00pm EST in the locale of the current user.

<locale.create varname="localename" localename='<%=ics.getssvar("locale")%>' />
<dateformat:create name="_formatdate_" timestyle="full" locale="localename"/>
<dateformat:gettime name="_formatdate_" value='<%=ics.getvar("inputdate")%>' valuetype="jdbcdate" varname="formattedtime"/>
<ics:getvar("formattedtime")>

See Also

dateformat:create
dateformat:getdate
dateformat:getdatetime
locale:create

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