Formatting a date property in a correspondence
I am attempting to format a correspondence property to be in the format of DD MONTH, YYYY (01 January, 2001. I suspect I need to add the @DateTimeFormat something in the fashion of @FormatDateTime(.PTORequest.PTORequestEndDate, "MM/dd/YYYY", null, null) from the "Source" but it is not resolving correctly. What is the best way to go about achieving this functionality. Creating a custom control is throwing a Java error.
Pegasystems Inc.
US
Hello,
You should probably try with the Insert Property icon which is available in the Correspondence then you can use the OOTB format or write your own Format as shown in the attachment.
Hope this helps you to achieve your requirement.
Regards,
Mahesh M
Velocity Global
US
Hi Mahesh,
Thank you very much for the response I have tried creating a custom Format but it is not formatting the date correctly. As you can see from the screenshot of the email I have the date in there 2 times 1 time using my custom format and another using the OOTB "Date" format. I do get a different format but it is not the one I have declared in my custom formatting. Any suggestions?
SOURCE CODE
TESTING THIS LINE>>>>>>> - <pega:reference format="CorrespondenceDateFormat" name=".PTORequest.PTORequestEndDate"></pega:reference> <br />
Thank you!
Ray
Pegasystems Inc.
US
You can cross check with any existing date formats which are available in the drop down list of the format and make sure whether its being applied into the correspondence. If the existing formats works, then probably you can try to save as the closest format and modify its code to your format going forward.
Areteans
GB
You can try as below replace current date time with your property and appropriate time zone.
Time zone ex: Asia/Hong_Kong
Try it using source mode.
<%= pega_rules_datetime.FormatDateTime(pega_rules_datetime.CurrentDateTime(),"dd-MMM-YYYY","time zone","") %>