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By default, those expression use the application's locale. The addition of an optional language parameter allows handling of dates that wouldn't match that default locale (say for e.g. an English system running QGIS trying to transform a French-formatted string into a date object).
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{
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"name": "format_date",
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"type": "function",
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"description": "Formats a date type or string into a custom string format. Uses Qt date/time format strings. See <a href='https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qdatetime.html#toString'>QDateTime::toString</a>.",
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"arguments": [
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{"arg":"datetime","description":"date, time or datetime value"},
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{"arg":"format","description":"String template used to format the string. <table><thead><tr><th>Expression</th><th>Output</th></tr></thead><tr valign=\"top\"><td>d</td><td>the day as number without a leading zero (1 to 31)</td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td>dd</td><td>the day as number with a leading zero (01 to 31)</td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td>ddd</td><td>the abbreviated localized day name (e.g. 'Mon' to 'Sun')</td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td>dddd</td><td>the long localized day name (e.g. 'Monday' to 'Sunday')</td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td>M</td><td>the month as number without a leading zero (1-12)</td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td>MM</td><td>the month as number with a leading zero (01-12)</td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td>MMM</td><td>the abbreviated localized month name (e.g. 'Jan' to 'Dec')</td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td>MMMM</td><td>the long localized month name (e.g. 'January' to 'December')</td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td>yy</td><td>the year as two digit number (00-99)</td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td>yyyy</td><td>the year as four digit number</td></tr></table><p>These expressions may be used for the time part of the format string:</p><table><thead><tr><th>Expression</th><th>Output</th></tr></thead><tr valign=\"top\"><td>h</td><td>the hour without a leading zero (0 to 23 or 1 to 12 if AM/PM display)</td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td>hh</td><td>the hour with a leading zero (00 to 23 or 01 to 12 if AM/PM display)</td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td>H</td><td>the hour without a leading zero (0 to 23, even with AM/PM display)</td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td>HH</td><td>the hour with a leading zero (00 to 23, even with AM/PM display)</td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td>m</td><td>the minute without a leading zero (0 to 59)</td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td>mm</td><td>the minute with a leading zero (00 to 59)</td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td>s</td><td>the second without a leading zero (0 to 59)</td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td>ss</td><td>the second with a leading zero (00 to 59)</td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td>z</td><td>the milliseconds without leading zeroes (0 to 999)</td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td>zzz</td><td>the milliseconds with leading zeroes (000 to 999)</td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td>AP or A</td><td>interpret as an AM/PM time. <i>AP</i> must be either \"AM\" or \"PM\".</td></tr><tr valign=\"top\"><td>ap or a</td><td>Interpret as an AM/PM time. <i>ap</i> must be either \"am\" or \"pm\".</td></tr></table>"},
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{"arg":"language","optional":true,"description":"language (lowercase, two- or three-letter, ISO 639 language code) used to format the date into a custom string"}
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],
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"examples": [ { "expression":"format_date('2012-05-15','dd.MM.yyyy')", "returns":"'15.05.2012'"},
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{ "expression":"format_date('2012-05-15','d MMMM yyyy','fr')", "returns":"'15 juin 2012'"}
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]
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}
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