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Dhaval PanchalDhaval Panchal 

Date Time Formatting

Hi,

 

I want to convert datetime value

 

i.e. currently I am getting value "Mon Aug 26 11:49:39 GMT 2013" and I want to convert it to "26-Aug-13 11:49 PM"

 

Any Ideas?

 

I want to apply formatting on standard "CreatedDateTime" field.

souvik9086souvik9086

Check this

 

http://www.salesforce.com/us/developer/docs/apexcode/Content/apex_methods_system_datetime.htm

 

You will get the format method there.

 

If this post is helpful please throw Kudos.If this post solves your problem kindly mark it as solution.

Thanks
levaleva
DateTime  dt = DateTime.now();
dt.format('dd-MMM-YY hh:mm a');

 
Dhaval PanchalDhaval Panchal
Hi Leva,

Now i am getting below error.

Unrecognized format: dd-MMM-YY hh:mm a
levaleva

could you post your code.

What happens if you just run those 2 lines in execute anonymous?
Dhaval PanchalDhaval Panchal
I want to change date format of CreatedDate field.

String strDateTime = con.createdDate.format('dd-MMM-YY hh:mm a');

where con is object of Contact. I does not giving me compile error but it throws runtime error.
Dhaval PanchalDhaval Panchal
See below screen shot.

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B6cPMtpRoi9FUElZRkF3MmtMV2c/edit?usp=sharing
levaleva

Which editor are you using? The screenshot does not look like Eclipse or Developer Console (I tried it in both, worked ok). Also, I noticed you have 'CreateDate' field. Is it Date or DateTime, the code will work on DateTime types not on Date objects 
levaleva

A colleague managed to replicate your issue. It does not work in old sandboxes. If you have a recently refreshed box try it there 
Dhaval PanchalDhaval Panchal
Its a Workbench, this tool is provided by salesforce.

https://workbench.developerforce.com/select.php

you can login using your salesforce account.