When used to display date values (with the format attribute set to date), the ViewWidget accepts a template attribute that allows the format of the date values to be specified. The format string is processed with the following substitutions:
| Token | Substituted Value |
|---|---|
DDD | Day of week in full (eg, "Monday") |
ddd | Short day of week (eg, "Mon") |
DD | Day of month |
0DD | Adds a leading zero |
DDth | Adds a suffix |
WW | ISO-8601 week number of year |
0WW | Adds a leading zero |
MMM | Month in full (eg, "July") |
mmm | Short month (eg, "Jul") |
MM | Month number |
0MM | Adds leading zero |
YYYY | Full year |
YY | Two digit year |
wYYYY | Full year with respect to week number |
aYYYY | New in: 5.1.23 Full year but negative dates are displayed as positive |
wYY | Two digit year with respect to week number |
{era:BCE||CE} | New in: 5.1.23 Displays a different string for years that are negative, zero or positive (see below) |
hh | Hours |
0hh | Adds a leading zero |
hh12 | Hours in 12 hour clock |
0hh12 | Hours in 12 hour clock with leading zero |
mm | Minutes |
0mm | Minutes with leading zero |
ss | Seconds |
0ss | Seconds with leading zero |
XXX | Milliseconds |
0XXX | Milliseconds with leading zero |
am or pm | Lower case AM/PM indicator |
AM or PM | Upper case AM/PM indicator |
TZD | Timezone offset |
\x | Used to escape a character that would otherwise have special meaning |
[UTC] | Time-shift the represented date to UTC. Must be at very start of format string |
Note that other text is passed through unchanged, allowing commas, colons or other separators to be used.
The {era:BCE||CE} notation can specify different strings for years that are negative, zero or positive. For example {era:BC|Z|AD} would display BC for negative years, AD for positive years, and Z for year zero.
| Template | Output |
|---|---|
DDth MMM YYYY | 16th February 2011 |
DDth MMM \M\M\M YYYY | 16th February MMM 2011 |
DDth mmm YYYY 0hh:0mm:0ss | 16th Feb 2011 11:38:42 |