Lesson: 064 | format()

Notes

Returns the Date as a string using the locale of the context user

Here are some examples:

date myDate = date.newInstance(2001, 3, 21);
String dayString = myDate.format();
system.debug(dayString);

Output: 2022-01-17 00:00:00

Datetime myDT = DateTime.newInstance(2022, 5, 4, 19, 37, 55);
String myDate = myDT.format('yyyy-MM-dd h:mm a');
System.debug(myDate);

Output: 2022-05-04 7:37 PM

Datetime myDT = DateTime.newInstance(2022, 5, 4, 19, 37, 55);
String myDate = myDT.format('yyyy-MM-dd');
System.debug(myDate);

Output: 2022-05-04

Datetime myDT = DateTime.newInstance(2022, 5, 4, 19, 37, 55);
String myDate = myDT.format('EEEE');
System.debug(myDate);

Output: Wednesday

Datetime myDT = DateTime.newInstance(2022, 5, 4, 19, 37, 55);
String myDate = myDT.format('EEE');
System.debug(myDate);

Output: Wed

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