formatDate

formatDate(date, pattern) → string · Date & Time

Format a date or datetime as a string using a pattern. See the Date Format Patterns section later in this chapter.

date (required): date or datetime value
pattern (required): format pattern string

Pattern tokens: yyyy (year), MM (month 01-12), dd (day 01-31), HH (hour 00-23), mm (minute 00-59), ss (second 00-59), EEEE (day name), MMMM (month name), EEE (short day), MMM (short month).

bash

echo '{"timestamp": "2026-05-01T14:30:00Z"}' \
  | utlx -e 'formatDate(parseDate($input.timestamp, "yyyy-MM-dd'\''T'\''HH:mm:ss'\''Z'\''"), "dd/MM/yyyy")'
# "01/05/2026"

utlx

let dt = parseDate($input.timestamp, "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'")
{
  isoDate: formatDate(dt, "yyyy-MM-dd"),
  european: formatDate(dt, "dd/MM/yyyy"),
  withTime: formatDate(dt, "dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm"),
  human: formatDate(dt, "EEEE, MMMM d, yyyy"),
  invoiceDate: formatDate(now(), "yyyy-MM-dd")
}

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