Java DateTimeFormatter

ThingWorx: Datetime format to be used in JavaScript with parseDate

• The format strings used by the parseDate function are based on Java's DateTimeFormatter class. 
  • See https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/time/format/DateTimeFormatter.html for more information about format strings.
• Format strings used by parseDate are case sensitive.
• Some of the common placeholders used by parseDate
• yyyy = Year (4 digits)
• yy = Year (2 digits)
• MM = Month (numeric)
• dd = Day
• HH = Hours (24h)
• hh = Hours (12h)
• mm = minutes
• ss = seconds
• SSS = milliseconds
• a = AM/PM
• zzz or ZZZ = timezone
• zzz assumes GMT with zero offset
  • parseDate(newDate , "yyyyMMddHHmmsszzz")
• ZZZ - GMT zero offset must be explicitly set or UTC can be used
• e.g GMT0 or UTC
• parseDate( newDate , "yyyyMMddHHmmssZZZ")

@See https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/time/format/DateTimeFormatter.html
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