T4 tags: Format dates
Format dates
You can format Meta dates and date elements in the Content Layout. With no date formatting, a default date format will be used.
To format the date of content type elements use the attribute date_format.
To format the date of meta tags use format.
When selecting dates/times in the Generate T4 Tag you can choose from the following options:
| Value | Output |
|---|---|
| MM/dd/yyyy | 09/25/1980 |
| M/d/yy | 4/5/94 |
| dd/MM/yyyy | 04/10/1970 |
| d/M/yy | 4/1/86 |
| EEE, MMM d, ''yy | Tue, Feb 3, '59 |
| EEEE, MMMM d, yyyy | Monday, December 8, 1980 |
| hh:mm a | 09:30 AM |
| h:mm a | 9:30 PM |
| HH:mm | 21:30 |
| HH:mm:ss z | 21:30:56 PDT |
| HH:mm:ss Z | 21:30:56 -0700 |
| h 'o''clock' a, zzzz | 9 o'clock PM, Pacific Daylight Time |
| MM/dd/yyyy 'at' HH:mm:ss z | 05/29/1997 at 21:30:56 PDT |
| h:mm a 'on' EEE, d MMMM | 9:30 AM on Sat, 22 November |
| yyyyMMdd'T'HHmmss'Z' | iCalendar .ics format |
| yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z' | Google/Outlook format |
Custom formats can be created based on the following:
| Letter | Date or Time Component | Presentation | Examples |
|---|---|---|---|
| G | Era designator | Text | AD |
| y | Year | Year | 1996; 96 |
| M | Month in year | Month | July; Jul; 07 |
| w | Week in year | Number | 27 |
| W | Week in month | Number | 2 |
| D | Day in year | Number | 189 |
| d | Day in month | Number | 10 |
| F | Day of week in month | Number | 2 |
| E | Day in week | Text | Tuesday; Tue |
| a | Am/pm marker | Text | PM |
| H | Hour in day (0-23) | Number | 0 |
| k | Hour in day (1-24) | Number | 24 |
| K | Hour in am/pm (0-11) | Number | 0 |
| h | Hour in am/pm (1-12) | Number | 12 |
| m | Minute in hour | Number | 30 |
| s | Second in minute | Number | 55 |
| S | Millisecond | Number | 978 |
| z | Time zone | General time zone | Pacific Standard Time; PST; GMT-08:00 |
| Z | Time zone | RFC 822 time zone | -800 |
Examples
The date 22 January 13 or 9 January 13
<t4 date_format="d MMMM yy" type="content" name="the date" output="normal" modifiers="" />
The date 22 January 2013 or 9 January 2013
<t4 type="content" date_format="d MMMM yyyy" name="the date" output="normal" modifiers="" />
The date 22 01 2013 or 09 01 2013
<t4 type="content" date_format="d MM yy" name="the date" output="normal" modifiers="" />
The date Friday, Mar. 21. 2014:
<t4 type="content" date_format="EEEE, MMM. d. yyyy" name="the date" output="normal" modifiers="" />
The date Last Modified 22 01 2013
<t4 type="meta" format="d MM yyyy" meta="last modified" />
Dates in multiple language sites
The locale attributes must be added manually to the tags. The date_format attribute outputs the date in the relevant language so an English page uses the English month names, and for a French page it uses the French month names.
Example tag using the locale:
<t4 type="content" name="Date Released" output="normal" modifiers="" date_format="d MMMM yyyy" locale="fr" locale_es="en" />