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Description

Formats date to a string based on the requested format. format string can be composed of the following elements:
  • 'yyyy': 4 digit representation of year (e.g. AD 1 => 0001, AD 2010 => 2010)
  • 'yy': 2 digit representation of year, padded (00-99). (e.g. AD 2001 => 01, AD 2010 => 10)
  • 'y': 1 digit representation of year, e.g. (AD 1 => 1, AD 199 => 199)
  • 'MMMM': Month in year (January-December)
  • 'MMM': Month in year (Jan-Dec)
  • 'MM': Month in year, padded (01-12)
  • 'M': Month in year (1-12)
  • 'LLLL': Stand-alone month in year (January-December)
  • 'dd': Day in month, padded (01-31)
  • 'd': Day in month (1-31)
  • 'EEEE': Day in Week,(Sunday-Saturday)
  • 'EEE': Day in Week, (Sun-Sat)
  • 'HH': Hour in day, padded (00-23)
  • 'H': Hour in day (0-23)
  • 'hh': Hour in AM/PM, padded (01-12)
  • 'h': Hour in AM/PM, (1-12)
  • 'mm': Minute in hour, padded (00-59)
  • 'm': Minute in hour (0-59)
  • 'ss': Second in minute, padded (00-59)
  • 's': Second in minute (0-59)
  • 'sss': Millisecond in second, padded (000-999)
  • 'a': AM/PM marker
  • 'Z': 4 digit (+sign) representation of the timezone offset (-1200-+1200)
  • 'ww': Week of year, padded (00-53). Week 01 is the week with the first Thursday of the year
  • 'w': Week of year (0-53). Week 1 is the week with the first Thursday of the year
  • 'G', 'GG', 'GGG': The abbreviated form of the era string (e.g. ‘AD’)
  • 'GGGG': The long form of the era string (e.g. ‘Anno Domini’)
  • 'medium': equivalent to 'MMM d, y h:mm:ss a'
  • 'short': equivalent to 'M/d/yy h:mm a'
  • 'fullDate': equivalent to 'EEEE, MMMM d, y'
  • 'longDate': equivalent to 'MMMM d, y'
  • 'mediumDate': equivalent to 'MMM d, y'
  • 'shortDate': equivalent to 'M/d/yy'
  • 'mediumTime': equivalent to 'h:mm:ss a'
  • 'shortTime': equivalent to 'h:mm a'
  • 'relative': displays the time since/until the date
format string can contain literal values. These need to be escaped by surrounding with single quotes (e.g. "h 'in the morning'"). In order to output a single quote, escape it - i.e., two single quotes in a sequence (e.g. "h 'o''clock'").

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Usage

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In HTML Template Binding

{{ dateFormat_expression | dateFormat:format[:timezone] }}

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In JavaScript

$filter('dateFormat')(date, format[, timezone])

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Parameters

ParamTypeDetails
dateDatenumberstringThe date value to format.
formatstringThe format to render the date value in.
timezone (optional)stringTimezone to be used for formatting. It understands UTC/GMT and the continental US time zone abbreviations, but for general use, use a time zone offset, for example, ‘+0430’ (4 hours, 30 minutes east of the Greenwich meridian) If not specified, the timezone of the browser will be used.