Dates are defined using a string:
let dt date = '2020'
let dt2 date = '2020-01-31'
let dt3 date = '2020-01-31T18:30:59.333'
Date strings are based on this Java date format: yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ It is the ISO 8601 format.
Date strings do not need all the fields in the ‘yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS’ format. They can contain any subset starting from the left.
| Date String | Implied Format | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ‘2020’ | ‘yyyy’ | beginning of year. 2020-01-01T00:00:00.000 |
| ‘2020-03’ | ‘yyyy-MM’ | beginning of month. 2020-03-01T00:00:00.000 |
| ‘2020-03-31’ | ‘yyyy-MM-dd’ | beginning of day. 2020-01-31T00:00:00.000 |
| etc. |
Dates are in UTC timezone by default. You can change the Delia default timezone using the configure statement.
configure timezone=="GMT-0500" //change to EST
You can define a date string containing a timezone. Delia will convert it to the current Delia default timezone. The following will result in a date value of ‘2020-01-31T17:00:00-0000’ UTC time.
let dt = '2020-01-31T09:00:00-0800'