Global Parameters: List of supported Date and Time Components
To configure a Global Parameter with a strategy Current Date and Time, you must specify the respective Date and Time pattern string in the Parameter Value field. Letters specified in the below table alone can be used to generate the pattern strings. Other letters between A to Z and from a to z are reserved and not supported yet. You can manually generate such date and time pattern strings using any of the Date and Time components defined in the below table.
| Date and Time Components | Description |
| d | Displays the day as a number without a leading zero (1-31). |
| dd | Displays the day as a number with a leading zero (01-31). |
ddd | Displays the day as an abbreviation (Sun-Sat). |
dddd | Displays the day as a full name (Sunday-Saturday). |
| D | Displays the day in the year as a number(1-365). |
| M | Displays the month as a number without a leading zero (1-12) |
| MM | Displays the month as a number with a leading zero (01-12). |
| MMM | Displays the month as an abbreviation (Jan-Dec) |
| MMMM | Displays the month as a full name (January-December). |
| yy | Displays the year as a two-digit number (00-99). |
yyyy | Displays the year as a four-digit number (0000-9999). |
| h | Displays the hour without a leading zero (0-12). |
| hh | Displays the hour with a leading zero (00-12). |
| H | Displays the hour without a leading zero (0-23). |
| HH | Displays the hour with a leading zero (00-23). |
| k | Displays the hour without a leading zero (0-24). |
| kk | Displays the hour with a leading zero (00-24). |
| K | Displays the hour without a leading zero (0-11). |
| KK | Displays the hour with a leading zero (00-11). |
| m | Displays the minute without a leading zero (0-59). |
| mm | Displays the minute with a leading zero (00-59). |
| s | Displays the second without a leading zero (0-59). |
| ss | Displays the second with a leading zero (00-59). |
| S | Displays millisecond without a leading zero (0-999) |
| SS | Displays millisecond with one leading zero where required (00-999) |
| SSS | Displays millisecond with up to two leading zero where required (000-999) |
| a | Displays am/pm |
| z | Displays timezone name (PDT, IST) |
| Z | Displays timezone as military hours from GMT (+0530) |
| X | Displays timezone as only hours from GMT (+05) |
| XX | Displays timezone as military hours from GMT (+0530) |
| XXX | Displays timezone in format +/- hh:mm from GMT (+05:30) |
| u | Displays the day as number of weeks (1 = Monday, ..., 7 = Sunday) |
| E | Displays the day as an abbreviation (Sun-Sat). |
| EEEE | Displays the day as a full name (Sunday-Saturday). |
| F | Displays the week number in a month (0-4) |
| w | Displays the week number in a year (1-52) |
| W | Displays the week number in a month (1-4) |
| G | Displays the era (BC/AD) |
| Single quotes | Anything written inside single quotes is not rendered |
You can modify the date and time by adding or subtracting the number of days or hours of your preference. This can be done by adding {+} or {-} and the number of days or hours to be added or subtracted before d, dd, h, hh, HH, or k in the date and time format. Hours and days can be modified by using up to two digits and three digits respectively.
For instance, d{+24}/MM/yyyy h{-2}:mm:ss
The Date and Time pattern string will parse the current time & date and render the output value in the defined format.
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