ParseDate (Formats, Str)

Name	ParseDate
Syntax	ParseDate (Unknown formats, String str)
Purpose	To parse a date based on a specified format.
Description	Returns a date time value if the value was successfully parsed. Otherwise returns an error. This function successively applies specified formats and returns date time value if date is parsed using any of the specified formats.
Return Type	DateTime
Parameters	formats [Astera.Functions.DateFormats] str [System.String] – String to be converted

Example

We have an Orders dataset with a ShippedDate field.

In this example, we will map this field to the string input of the function transformation object. We will also pass a specific date time format, to match the date format of the ShippedDate field, to the Format1 field in the function transformation object using a Variables object.

Where,

Format1 = dd/MM/yyyy hh:mm:ss tt

In the output window, you can see values from the ShippedDate field have been successfully parsed by the function transformation object, as the provided date time format has been matched.