# formatDate
## Description
Converts a date into a specific desired format, such as changing the display of a date from one representation to another.
## Input / Parameter
| Name | Description | Input Type | Default | Options | Required |
| ------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | -------------- | ----------- | -------- |
| date | The date to be formatted. | String/Text | (Current-Date) | - | Yes |
| format | The format to apply to the date. See 'Date Format' after this table, take note that you can combine the available format. e.g. Y-m-d, m/d/Y. | String/Text | - | *see below* | Yes |
### Date formats
| Date formats | Description |
| ------------ | ----------------------------------------------- |
| q | Total Days |
| d | Day of month with leading 0. 01..31 |
| j | Day of month. 1..31 |
| l | Full day name. Monday..Sunday |
| D | Shortened day name. Mon..Sun |
| W | ISO-8601 week number. |
| w | Day of week. 0..6 |
| N | ISO-8601 day of week. 1..7 |
| z | Day of year. 0..365 |
| S | Ordinal suffix for day of month. st, nd, rd, th |
| F | Full month name. January..December |
| M | Shorthand month name. Jan..Dec |
| m | Month with leading 0. 01..12 |
| n | Month. 1..12 |
| t | Days in month. 28..31 |
| o | ISO-8601 year. |
| Y | Full year. |
### Time formats
| Time formats | Description |
| ------------ | ------------------------------------- |
| y | Last two digits of the year. 00...99 |
| L | Is leap year. 0, 1 |
| a | Morning or afteroon lowercase. am, pm |
| A | Morning or afteroon uppercase. AM, PM |
| B | Swatch Internet time. 000..999 |
| g | 12-Hours. 1..12 |
| G | 24-Hours. 0..23 |
| h | 12-Hours with leading 0. 01..12 |
| H | 24-Hours with leading 0. 00..23 |
| i | Minutes with leading 0. 00..59 |
| s | Seconds with leading 0. 00..59 |
| u | Microseconds. 000000..999000 |
| I | DST observed. 0, 1 |
### Timezone and others
| Format | Description | Example
for Asia/Singapore
|
| ------ | --------------------------------------------- | -----------------------------------: |
| O | GMT timezone offset in hours. | +0800 |
| P | GMT timezone offset in hours, including colon | +08:00 |
| Z | GMT timezone offset in seconds. | 28800 |
| c | ISO-8601 datetime | 1970-01-01T00:00:00+08:00 |
| r | RFC 2822 date. | |
| U | Seconds since UNIX epoch. | |
## Output
| Description | Output Type |
| --------------------------- | ----------- |
| Returns the formatted date. | String/Text |
## Callback
N/A
## Video
Coming soon.
## Example
| Input | Expected result | Explanation |
| -------------------------------- | -------------------------- | ----------------- |
|  | Sunday, 01 January 2023 | |
|  | 01/01/2023 00:00:00 +08:00 | |
|  | 2023-01-01T00:00:00+08:00 | ISO-8601 datetime |
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