Unable to find DateTool

Question

in Java velocity, in order to format dates I just add the date tool to the context e.g.

context.add("date", new DateTool());

and then inside the template

$date.format('EEE, MMM d, yyyy at ha', $myDate)

but in NVelocity I am unable to find the DateTool, it doesnt seem to be part of the library.

You should be able to call `.ToString("...")` on any `System.DateTime`. — Jonathon Rossi, Jun 24 '14 at 08:06
I should have posted that as an answer rather than a comment, done now. — Jonathon Rossi, Jun 24 '14 at 09:17

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 24 '14 at 09:16

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You should be able to call .ToString("...") on any System.DateTime.

answered Jun 24 '14 at 09:16

Jonathon Rossi

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Feb 03 '19 at 12:23

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and

you might want to reference the following post:

Refer the above link and make simple thing like below in .vm template,

#set ($recordDate = $RecordCreationDate.ToString("dd-MMM-yyyy") )
<div> $recordDate </div>

edited Feb 03 '19 at 12:23

VijayaRaj A

answered Jun 24 '14 at 07:31

pageman

thanks, but didnt really answer why there isn't a DateTool, but it is a nudge in the right directuion. thanks – Crudler Jun 24 '14 at 07:50
@Crudler as per Daniel Hölbling's and Jonathon Rossi's answer you can use .ToString("...") :) – pageman Jun 24 '14 at 10:35

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