DateTime.ToText

Returns a textual representation of the datetime value.

function (optional dateTime as nullable any, optional format as nullable any, optional culture as nullable any) as nullable any

Description

Returns a textual representation of dateTime, the datetime value, dateTime. This function takes in an optional format parameter format. For a complete list of supported formats, please refer to the Library specification document.

Category

DateTime

Examples

Get a textual representation of #datetime(2011, 12, 31, 11, 56, 2).

DateTime.ToText(#datetime(2010, 12, 31, 11, 56, 2))

"12/31/2010 11:56:02 AM"

Get a textual representation of #datetime(2011, 12, 31, 11, 56, 2) with format option.

DateTime.ToText(#datetime(2010, 12, 31, 11, 56, 2), "yyyy/MM/ddThh:mm:ss")

"2010/12/31T11:56:02"