_Dateformat
The following results are expected when Dateformat() is used to display a date/time field in a particular format, often for localization. Dateformat() takes two arguments: the desired pattern format, and the field variable. Date time patterns are indicated with a series of letters that represent elements such as month, day in month, day of week, year, hour, and minute. For a full list of possible formats see this page from Java about SimpleDateFormat().Syntax
dateformat("output pattern","$field")
Date/time Pattern Example output "MM/dd/yy" 05/31/16 "yyyy/dd/MM" 2016/22/09 "MMMMM" July (name of month) "d" 10 (day of month) Examples
$contract_start_date evaluates to February 10, 2016 at 01:00:00.Formula Sample output $formula(dateformat("d",$contract_start_date)) 10. Inserts which day of the month the contract starts. $formula(dateformat("MMMMM",$contract_start_date)) February. Inserts the full text name of the month. $formula(dateformat("yyyy",$contract_start_date)) 2016. Inserts the year of the contract start date. $formula(dateformat("MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm",NOW())) Inserts the current date and timestamp when the document template runs.