Date Time Formatter
Overview
The Date Time Formatter Node outputs a date and/or time in a specified format. By using a combination of special format characters, many different date/time formats can be created. This is used mostly for localization, however, it could also be used for formatting based on user preferences.
For generating customized formats for the date and time, format strings are used. For more information about format strings, please see the format strings section below.
Scope: Project, Scene, Function, Prefab.
Attributes
Input
Output
Inputs
Outputs
Format Strings
Format strings are used for generating customized formats for the date and time. To use this, the Custom option has to be chosen in the Format Examples Attribute and then the format string is either given in the Custom Format Attribute or in the Format Input Socket.
This section shows first an example of a customized format string and its corresponding output, and then it gives a list of the format characters, which are the characters that compose a format string.
Example
Setting the format string
will generate an output that looks like:
Format characters
Format characters are the characters that compose a format string. The following table shows the most important format characters:
See Also
External Links
Formatting Date and Time on WordPress.org.
PHP: date - Manual on PHP.net.
UTC - The World's Time Standard on timeanddate.com.
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