DateTime Extension Functions

The table in this topic describes the date and time extension functions available from the XPath editor context menu.

Table 1. DateTime extension functions
Name	Description
adjust datetime	Reformats the input date and time to match the given output format pattern
current datetime formatted	Returns the current date and time using the specified format
date diff	Returns the difference between two dates
date part	Returns a particular part of the date
format	Returns a date formatted to the specified format
get day of month	Returns the day of the month
get day of week	Returns the day of the week
get day of year	Returns the day of the year
get hour	Returns the hour as a 24-hour clock
get hour 12	Returns the hour as a 12-hour clock
get minute	Returns the minute
get month	Returns the month
get name of day	Returns the name of the day
get name of month	Returns the name of the month
get second	Returns the second
get time zone id	Returns the time zone
get year	Returns the year
set day of month	Sets the day of the month using a default datetime format
set day of month with context	Sets the day of the month
set day of week	Sets the day of the week using a default datetime format
set day of week with context	Sets the day of the week
set day of year	Sets the day of the year using a default datetime format
set day of year with context	Sets the day of the year
set hour	Sets the hour using a default datetime format
set hour with context	Sets the hour
set minute	Sets the minute using a default datetime format
set minute with context	Sets the minute
set month	Sets the month using a default datetime format
set month with context	Sets the month
set second	Sets the second using a default datetime format
set second with context	Sets the second
set year	Sets the year using a default datetime format
set year with context	Sets the year
transform date time	Reformats the input date and time to match the given output format pattern