Different Date Formats For BPEL Process

This function returns the formatted string of dateTime using the format provided.

xp20:format-dateTime(dateTime as string, format as string)

•   dateTime – The dateTime to be formatted
•    format – The format for the output

Format String:-

Format Date Time: Year

Example	Expression
2012	[Y0001]
2012	[Y]
12	[Y01]
Two Thousand and Twelve	[YWw]

Format Date Time: Month

Example	Expression
08	[M01]
8	[M]
VIII	[MI]
August	[MNn]
AUGUST	[MN]
Aug	[MNn,*-3]
AUG	[MN,*-3]

                                      

Format Date Time: Day

Example	Expression
05	[D01]
5	[D]
5	[D1]
31st	[D1o]
Tuesday	[FNn]

Format Date Time: Hour

Example	Expression
3	[h]
9	[H]
08	[H01]

Format Date Time: Minute

Example	Expression
03	[m01]
3	[m]

Format Date Time: Second

Example	Expression
09	[s01]
9	[s]

Format Date Time: Millisecond

Example	Expression
257	[f001]

Format Date Time: AM/PM

Example	Expression
PM	[PN]
Am	[Pn]

Format Date Time: GMT

Example	Expression
GMT+02:00	[z]

Example:-

xp20:format-dateTime(xp20:current-dateTime(),"[D01]/[M01]/[Y0001] [H01]:[m01]:[s01]")

add-dayTimeDuration-from-dateTime:

This function returns a new date time value adding dateTime to the given duration.

If the duration value is negative, then the resulting value precedes dateTime.

xp20:add-dayTimeDuration-from-dateTime(dateTime as string, duration as string)

• dateTime as string – The dateTime to which the function adds the duration, in string format.
• duration as string – The duration to add to the dateTime, or subtract if the duration is negative, in string format.

Duration:-

    P1D - a day

    P7D - a week

    P1M - a month

    P1Y1DT1H1S - One year, one day, one hour and one second

    PT5M - five minutes

Example:-

xp20:add-dayTimeDuration-to-dateTime(xp20:current-date(), 'P1D')

subtract-dayTimeDuration-from-dateTime:

This function returns a new dateTime value after subtracting duration from dateTime.

If the duration value is negative, then the resultant dateTime value follows input-dateTime value.

xp20:subtract-dayTimeDuration-from-dateTime(dateTime as string, duration as string)

• dateTime as string – The dateTime from which the function subtracts the duration, in string format.
• duration as string – The duration to subtract to the dateTime, or add if the duration is negative, in string format.

Duration:-

    P1D - a day

    P7D - a week

    P1M - a month

    P1Y1DT1H1S - One year, one day, one hour and one second

    PT5M - five minutes

Example:-

xp20:subtract-dayTimeDuration-from-dateTime(xp20:current-date(), 'P1D')