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Date Functions

This document provides a reference for all built-in date functions available in OpenDataDSL.

daylightSavings(date, timezone)​

Category: Dates

Description: Checks a day to see if it is a daylight savings day

Parameters:

  • date (Date) - The Date to check for DST
  • timezone (String) - The timezone of the passed in date

Returns: 0 if false, -1 if it is the start day of DST, 1 if it is the end day of DST

format(date, format)​

Category: Dates

Description: Converts a date into a string using the specified format

Parameters:

  • date (Date) - The date to convert to a string
  • format (String) - The date format to use - see documentation

Returns: String

parse(date, format, tz)​

Category: Dates

Description: Converts a string into a date using the specified format and timezone

Parameters:

  • date (String) - The stringified date to convert to a Date
  • format (String) - The date format to use - see documentation
  • tz (String) - The timezone to use - see documentation

Returns: String

parse(date, format)​

Category: Dates

Description: Converts a string into a date using the specified format

Parameters:

  • date (String) - The stringified date to convert to a Date
  • format (String) - The date format to use - see documentation

Returns: String

parseISODate(date)​

Category: Dates

Description: Converts a ISO Date format string into a date

Parameters:

  • date (String) - The stringified date to convert to a Date

Returns: String

tryParse(date, format, tz)​

Category: Dates

Description: Trys to convert a string into a date using the specified format and timezone, if it can't parse the date, null is returned

Parameters:

  • date (String) - The stringified date to convert to a Date
  • format (String) - The date format to use - see documentation
  • tz (String) - The timezone to use - see documentation

Returns: String