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Reference · stzDateTime

ToString()

formatting

Basic examples (2)

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oDateTime = new stzDateTime([ :FromEpochSeconds = 1609459200 ])
? oDateTime.ToString()
Output
2021-01-01 00:00:00

run on 2026-10-02 04:22 inside the library at commit 0e72e2e2c; taken from 62_example_1_from_epoch_seconds.ring(opens in a new tab)

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oSingle = StzDateTimeQ("2024-03-15 03:05:00")
? oSingle.ToString12h()
? oSingle.ToStringXT("h:mm AP")
Output
2024-03-15 3:05:00 AM
3:05 AM

run on 2026-10-02 04:22 inside the library at commit 0e72e2e2c; taken from 60_single_digit_hours.ring(opens in a new tab)

Scope (3)

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oDateTime = StzDateTimeQ("2024-03-15 10:00:00")
oDateTime + 3600 # Add 3600 seconds (1 hour)
? oDateTime.ToString()
Output
2024-03-15 11:00:00

run on 2026-10-02 04:22 inside the library at commit 0e72e2e2c; taken from 38_adding_seconds_directly_with_operator.ring(opens in a new tab)

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oDateTime = StzDateTimeQ("2024-03-15 14:30:45")
? oDateTime.ToStringXT("dd/MM/yyyy h:mm AP")
? oDateTime.ToStringXT("MM-dd-yyyy h:mm:ss AP")
? oDateTime.ToStringXT("dddd h:mm AP")
Output
15/03/2024 2:30 PM
03-15-2024 2:30:45 PM
Friday 2:30 PM

run on 2026-10-02 04:22 inside the library at commit 0e72e2e2c; taken from 51_custom_12-hour_format_strings.ring(opens in a new tab)

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oMorning = StzDateTimeQ("2024-03-15 09:15:30")
? oMorning.ToSimple()
? oMorning.ToSimple12h()
? oMorning.ToSimple24h()
? oMorning.ToStringXT("h:mm AP")
Output
15/03/2024 9:15 AM
15/03/2024 9:15 AM
15/03/2024 09:15
9:15 AM

run on 2026-10-02 04:22 inside the library at commit 0e72e2e2c; taken from 52_morning_times_am.ring(opens in a new tab)

The extensions of this method

Each extension, and whether it exists for this method; an extension that exists combines with the others (FindSTCS).

Extension
Exists
What it adds · The names
Q
no
does what the method does, then returns the object, so the call can be chained
QQ
no
chains on the next, more specific type of object (the Q ladder)
QQQ
no
chains on the most specific type of object (the Q ladder)
QRT
no
returns the result as an object of the requested type
CS
no
takes a case-sensitivity flag
ST
no
takes the position to start from (StartingAt)
IB
no
takes bounds that are included (IncludingBounds)
XT
yes
the extended form: more parameters than the base method · ToStringXT
XTT
no
yet another extension: a further extended form, after XT
Z
no
includes the position in what it returns
ZZ
no
returns positions as sections, [start, end]
W
no
selects by a condition
WF
no
selects by a condition, with the expressive keywords (@NextItem, @PreviousItem...)
D
no
takes a direction, forward or backward (Directional)
F
no
takes a function (the condition or the update is given as a function); the forms document also uses F for the future form, which defers the action
Many
no
works on a collection of items instead of one (the plural form)
Except
no
takes exceptions, what to leave out (the exceptional form)
U
no
returns the result without duplication

Every example is a test file of the library, run inside the library for this page; only those whose output kept every promise their file wrote are shown.

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