DateTime

DateTime is a text function that returns the date and time that a report is populated with data. The date and time is retrieved from the report server and corresponds to the country in which the report server is located. You can use DateTime in a text box, text cell, or a row or column heading.

Note:

The time zone used in the text function results upon report preview is based on each user's time zone specified in User Preferences.

Syntax:

DateTime("DateFormat","TimeFormat")

Note:

If the DateTime function parameters are left blank, for example, DateTime (), or if "none" is used in both parameters, for example, DateTime (none, none), then the Narrative Reporting User Preferences for Date and Time will be used for the format.

Note:

See Parameters for Text Functions for parameter definitions.

DateTime(short, short): 01/03/2017 1:54 PM
DateTime(medium, medium): Jan 03, 2017 1:54:32 PM
DateTime(long, long): January 03, 2017 1:54:32 PM PDT
DateTime(full, none): Tuesday, January 03, 2017 (Note: the time is not shown.)
DateTime(none, short): 1:54 PM (Note: the date is not shown.)

Table 10-9 Date and Time Format Characters

Format Characters	Meaning	Data Type	Example
G	era designator	text	AD
M	month in year	text or number	If the month is July: M displays: 7 MM displays: 07 MMM displays: Jul MMMM displays: July
d	day in month	number	10
h	hour in am/pm (1-12)	number	11
H	hour in day (0-23)	number	22
m	minute in hour	number	30
s	second in minute	number	25
S	millisecond	number	978
E	day in week	text	E: Tue EE: Tuesday
D	day in year	number	189
F	day of week in month	number	Date("dd-MMM-yy ‘is the’ F 'th ' E 'of' ‘MMM") displays: 24-Dec-02 is the 4th Tue of Dec
w	week in year	number	27
W	week in month	number	2
a	am/pm marker	text	PM
k	hour in day (1-24)	number	23
K	hour in am/pm (0-11)	number	In the United States, if the time is 3:37 PM: 3
z	time zone	text	Pacific Standard Time
y	year	number	2017,02
'	literal text	text	Date(" D’the day of ’yyyy") displays:105th day of 2017
' '	two single quotes to produce one single quote	text	Date("k:mm ‘O’’Clock’ a") displays: 6:15 O’Clock PM Use 2 single quotation marks to produce a single quote or an apostrophe as in O’Clock (O’’Clock).

Considerations when using format characters:

The number or count of format characters determines the format:
- For text, less than four pattern letters means use a short or abbreviated form, if it exists.
- Four or more pattern letters means use full form.
- M or MM means use the month as a number.
- MMM means use the three-letter abbreviation for the month.
- MMMM means use the full name of the month.
For example, if the date is April 24:

Date("dd-M-yy") displays 24-4-17

Date("dd-MM-yy") displays 24-04-17

Date("dd-MMM-yy") displays 24-Apr-17

Date("dd-MMMM-yy") displays 24-April-17
For numbers, the number of pattern letters is the minimum number of digits. Shorter numbers are padded with zeros. Year is a special case. If you use "yy", the last two digits of the year are displayed, but if you use "yyyy," the four-digit year is displayed.

For example, if the month is February:

Date("MM-yyyy") displays 02-2017
All upper and lower case alphabet characters are considered patterns, regardless of whether they are designated format characters.
Enclose literal text within single quotation marks. To use a single quotation mark in literal text, enclose the text within single quotes and use two single quotes for the apostrophe.

For example, the format to print 4 o’clock is:

Date("hh 'o''clock' ")

Examples:

Date Format	Result
`Date("d/M/yy")`	23/3/17
`Date("d-MMM-yy")`	23-Mar-17
`Date("EEEE, MMMM dd, yyyy")`	Tuesday, March 23, 2017
`Date("h:mm:ss a")`	12:52:05 PM
`Date("h:mm:ss a zzzz")`	12:52:05 PM Eastern Standard Time
`Date("EEEE, MMMM dd, yyyy G 'time:' h:mm:ss a zzzz")`	Tuesday, March 23, 2017 AD time: 12:52:05 PM Eastern Standard Time
`Date("hh 'o’’clock' a, zzzz")`	12:00 PM, Eastern Standard Time You must use two single quotation marks to produce one single quotation mark in the text of your formatted result.