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loc.formatDate
Format a date
Syntax
loc.formatDate(num[, style])
Parameters
num is a numeric representation of the date. Typically this is from a previous call to loc.parseDate.
style is the style of this date string. Possible styles are:
| Short | Default style. The most terse form, as in "3/2/09" |
| Medium | "Mar 2, 2009" |
| Long | "March 2, 2009" |
| Full | "Friday, March 2, 2009" |
See different local patterns here. For instance "Date.3" pattern means "Short" style.
Returned Value
A formatted date string.
Description
Convert a date value "num" into a formatted date string. style indicates the display format. The value of num can be generated by the loc.parseDate function. The style variants may not all be unique for some locales.
