parseDate

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

Parse a date or datetime string using a format pattern. See formatDate for pattern tokens.

string (required): the date string to parse
pattern (required): format pattern

utlx

let d = parseDate($input.date, "dd/MM/yyyy")
{
  isoDate: formatDate(d, "yyyy-MM-dd"),
  display: formatDate(d, "MMMM d, yyyy")
}

bash

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

Anti-pattern: assuming date format — 01/02/2026 is January 2nd (US MM/dd/yyyy) or February 1st (EU dd/MM/yyyy). Always specify the pattern explicitly.

Also: parseDateTimeWithTimezone(string, pattern, timezone).

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