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format(date_as_number, format)

Converts date_as_number into a text string according to a format string.

Example	Result	Notes
format(41640,'yyyyMMdd')	20140101	41640 corresponds to January 1st, 2014
format(41640,'yy-MM-dd')	14-01-01	41640 corresponds to January 1st, 2014

Format string components

A format string defines a formatting template for dates. Its components can be put together in any combination. If a character doesn't belong to a format component then it's inserted verbatim.

Note that the colon (":") is not a valid symbol for file names and therefore mustn't be used in file names generated using a format string.

Attention The format components are case sensitive. For instance, "MM" (uppercase) and "mm" (lowercase) are frequently confused by new EasyMorph users but they denote different data/time components (see table below).

Character	Description
y	The year, from 0 to 99.
yy	The year, from 00 to 99.
yyyy	The year as a four-digit number.
M	The month, from 1 through 12.
MM	The month, from 01 through 12.
MMM	The abbreviated name of the month.
MMMM	The full name of the month.
d	The day of the month, from 1 through 31.
dd	The day of the month, from 01 through 31.
ddd	The abbreviated name of the day of the week.
h	The hour, using a 12-hour clock from 1 to 12.
hh	The hour, using a 12-hour clock from 01 to 12.
H	The hour, using a 24-hour clock from 1 to 24.
HH	The hour, using a 24-hour clock from 01 to 24.
m	The minute, from 0 through 59.
mm	The minute, from 00 through 59.
s	The second, from 0 through 59.
ss	The second, from 00 through 59.
tt	The localized AM/PM designator.

format(date_as_number, format)

Format string components

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