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Getting Started

Create a workflow to [Date/Time] Format with the Formatting API. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

  1. Configure the [Date/Time] Format action
    1. Connect your Formatting account
    2. Configure Input Date
    3. Optional- Select a Input Format
    4. Select a Output Format
  2. Select a trigger to run your workflow on HTTP requests, schedules or app events
  3. Deploy the workflow
  4. Send a test event to validate your setup
  5. Turn on the trigger

Integrations

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Details

This is a pre-built, source-available component from Pipedream's GitHub repo. The component is developed by Pipedream and the community, and verified and maintained by Pipedream.

To contribute an update to an existing component or create a new component, create a PR on GitHub. If you're new to Pipedream component development, you can start with quickstarts for trigger span and action development, and then review the component API reference.

[Date/Time] Format on Formatting
Description:Format a date string to another date string. For more examples on formatting, see the [Sugar Date Format](https://sugarjs.com/dates/#/Formatting) documentation.
Version:0.0.6
Key:formatting-date-time-format

Code

import { defineAction } from "@pipedream/types";
import { ConfigurationError } from "@pipedream/platform";
import { DATE_FORMAT_PARSE_MAP } from "../../common/date-time/dateFormats.mjs";
import commonDateTime from "../../common/date-time/commonDateTime.mjs";
import app from "../../app/formatting.app.mjs";
import sugar from "sugar";
export default defineAction({
    ...commonDateTime,
    name: "[Date/Time] Format",
    description: "Format a date string to another date string. For more examples on formatting, see the [Sugar Date Format](https://sugarjs.com/dates/#/Formatting) documentation.",
    key: "formatting-date-time-format",
    version: "0.0.6",
    type: "action",
    props: {
        ...commonDateTime.props,
        outputFormat: {
            propDefinition: [
                app,
                "outputFormat",
            ],
            description: "The format to convert the date to. For more examples on formatting, see the [Sugar Date Format](https://sugarjs.com/dates/#/Formatting) documentation.",
            optional: false,
        },
    },
    async run({ $ }) {
        const { outputFormat } = this;
        const dateObj = this.getDateFromInput();
        try {
            const response = DATE_FORMAT_PARSE_MAP.get(outputFormat);
            const output = response
                ? response.outputFn(dateObj)
                : sugar.Date.format(dateObj, outputFormat);
            $.export("$summary", "Successfully formatted date/time");
            return output;
        }
        catch (err) {
            throw new ConfigurationError("**Parse error** - check your input and if the selected format is correct.");
        }
    },
});

Configuration

This component may be configured based on the props defined in the component code. Pipedream automatically prompts for input values in the UI and CLI.
LabelPropTypeDescription
FormattingappappThis component uses the Formatting app.
Input DateinputDatestring

A valid date string, in the format selected in Input Format. If the format is not set, Pipedream will attempt to infer it using the parser from Sugar Date library.

Input FormatinputFormatstringSelect a value from the drop down menu:Sun Jan 22 23:04:05 +0000 2006January 22 2006 23:04:05January 22 2006Jan 22 20062006-01-22T23:04:052006-01-22T23:04:05+00002006-01-22 23:04:05 +00002006-01-22 23:042006-01-2201-22-200601/22/200601/22/0622-01-200622/01/200622/01/06Unix time (seconds) Eg. 1137971045Unix time (milliseconds) Eg. 1137971045000
Output FormatoutputFormatstringSelect a value from the drop down menu:Sun Jan 22 23:04:05 +0000 2006January 22 2006 23:04:05January 22 2006Jan 22 20062006-01-22T23:04:052006-01-22T23:04:05+00002006-01-22 23:04:05 +00002006-01-22 23:042006-01-2201-22-200601/22/200601/22/0622-01-200622/01/200622/01/06Unix time (seconds) Eg. 1137971045Unix time (milliseconds) Eg. 1137971045000

Authentication

The Formatting API does not require authentication.

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