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dateTimeformatsadateandtimeobjectusingacustompattern.Putthepatternafterthename

ofthedatafield,andencloseitindoublequotes.

Thecustompatternmayconsistofpatternletters,separatingsymbolsandquotedtext,for

example:"yyyy.MM.ddG'at'HH:mm:ssz";see"Dateandtimepatterns"onpage725.

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dateTimeLongformatsadateandtimeaslongstringrepresentation,forexampleApril 1, 2022

12:00:00 EDT AM.

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dateTimeMediumformatsadateandtimeasmediumstringrepresentation,forexampleApr 1,

2022 12:00:00 AM.

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dateTimeShortformatsadateandtimeasshortstringrepresentation,forexample4/1/22 12:00

AM.

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timeformatsatimeusingacustompattern.Putthepatternafterthenameofthedatafield,and

encloseitindoublequotes.

Thecustompatternmayconsistofpatternletters,separatingsymbolsandquotedtext,for

example:"'at'HH:mm:ssz";see"Dateandtimepatterns"onpage725.

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timeLongformatsatimeaslongstringrepresentation,forexample12:00:00 EDT AM.

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timeMediumformatsatimeasmediumstringrepresentation,forexample12:00:00 AM.

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timeShortformatsatimeasshortstringrepresentation,forexample12:00 AM.

Creating custom Helpers

AHelperisafunctionthatcanbeusedinanexpression.

InbothHandlebarsandOLConnect,anumberofHelpersarepredefined(see"Usingfunctionsin

expressions:Helpers"onpage330),butyoucanalsocreateyourownHelpers.(SeetheHandlebars

guide:https://handlebarsjs.com/guide/#custom-helpers.)

ThistopicexplainshowtocreateacustomHelperinOLConnect.

Let'ssayyouwanttocreateacustomHelperthatreturnsthecurrentdate.ThenameoftheHelper

shouldbetoday,sothatitcanbeusedinanexpressionasfollows:

Example: {{today}}

Here'showyoudothat.

1. OntheScriptspane,clicktheblacktrianglenexttotheNewbuttonandclickControl Script.

ControlScriptsareexecutedfirst.See"ControlScripts"onpage398and"Thescriptflow:when

scriptsrun"onpage384.

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