date

The date filter is used to format an existing java.util.Date object. The filter will construct a java.text.SimpleDateFormat using the provided pattern and then use this newly created SimpleDateFormat to format the provided Date or java.lang.Number object.

{{ user.birthday | date("yyyy-MM-dd") }}

The alternative way to use this filter is to use it on a string but then provide two arguments: first is the desired pattern for the output and the second is the existing format used to parse the input string into a java.util.Date object.

{{ "July 24, 2001" | date("yyyy-MM-dd", existingFormat="MMMM dd, yyyy") }}

The above example will output the following:

2001-07-24

Arguments

• format
• existingFormat