Formats a date value using U.S. date formats. When formatting both date and time, use dateTimeFormat. For international date support, use lsDateFormat.
dateFormat(date [, mask])
→ returns string
date.dateFormat([mask])
dd-mmm-yy
EST
(CF2016u3+).+0530
(CF2016u3+).+05
+0530
+5:30
m/d/y
mmm d, yyyy
mmmm d, yyyy
dddd, mmmm d, yyyy
short
, medium
, long
and full
mask formats. Member function is available in CF11+.
dateFormat("2015-04-11", "short")
Expected Result: 4/11/15
dateFormat("2015-04-11", "long")
Expected Result: April 11, 2015
dateFormat("2015-04-11", "full")
Expected Result: Saturday, April 11, 2015
createDate( 2022, 10, 1 ).dateFormat( 'mm/dd/yyyy' )
Expected Result: 10/01/2022
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