User Guide

Acrobat Forms - JavaScript Object Specification
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printd
Parameters: cFormat, date
Returns: cResult
Use this method to format a date according to a format string. Valid string format values are as
follows:
To format the current date in long format, for example, you would use the following script:
var d = new Date();
console.println(util.printd("mmmm dd, yyyy", d));
String Effect Example
mmmm Long month September
mmm Abbreviated month Sept
mm Numeric month with leading zero 09
m Numeric month without leading zero 9
dddd Long day Wednesday
ddd Abbreviated day Wed
dd Numeric date with leading zero 03
d Numeric date without leading zero 3
yyyy Long year 1997
yy Abbreviate Year 97
HH 24 hour time with leading zero 09
H 24 hour time without leading zero 9
hh 12 hour time with leading zero 09
h 12 hour time without leading zero 9
MM minutes with leading zero 08
M minutes without leading zero 8
ss seconds with leading zero 05
s seconds without leading zero 5
tt am/pm indication am
t single digit am/pm indication a
\ use as an escape character