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.

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