Date Component

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The Date component consists of blocks that perform all operations related to date and time.

New Date

This block returns the current date as an object.

Block Layout	Generated Code
	`new Date();`

This block returns the date object in the default format.

Input Output Block Layout Generated Code

Input	Output	Block Layout	Generated Code
Date Text value as a variable or text - input-1 Format of the date text (input-1)as a variable or text - input-2	Returns the default Date format for the given date.		`__er.newDate('2020/01/12', 'YYYY/MM/DD');`

Date Text value as a variable or text - input-1

Format of the date text (input-1)as a variable or text - input-2

Returns the default Date format for the given date.

__er.newDate('2020/01/12', 'YYYY/MM/DD');

This block returns the details of the date property selected for a specified date.

Input Output Block Layout Generated Code

Input	Output	Block Layout	Generated Code
Select the type of date property from the dropdown list Date input as a variable or object - input-1	Returns the data property as text		`(new Date()).getFullYear();`

Select the type of date property from the dropdown list

Date input as a variable or object - input-1

Returns the data property as text

(new Date()).getFullYear();

This block returns the date in a string format.

Input Output Block Layout Generated Code

Input	Output	Block Layout	Generated Code
Date object value as a variable or a date object - input-1 Format value as a variable or text - input-2	Returns Date as a text value for the given format.		`__er.dateToString((new Date()), 'YYYY/MM/DD');`

Date object value as a variable or a date object - input-1

Format value as a variable or text - input-2

Returns Date as a text value for the given format.

__er.dateToString((new Date()), 'YYYY/MM/DD');

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