systemConfig parseInputDate

Available for: Content Management Server, Template Engine

Task: Interprets the input value as a date and returns the corresponding 14-digit date string. Date and time are converted to GMT from the server time zone.

Additional information: The userManagement.preferences.timeZone configuration value is used as the server time zone. If date entries are ambiguous, the preferences.dateTimeInputFormatName configuration value will be used to interpret them.

Syntax:

systemConfig parseInputDate inputDate

Function parameters:

  • date is the input date to be interpreted.

Return value if successful: The date as a 14-digit string.

Necessary permissions (CM only): none

Example:

CM>systemConfig parseInputDate {15.1.2000 19:00 MET}
20000115180000