Incorrect date format

Check ID
MF_0001

Category

Quality

Summary

Mendix uses letter patterns for formatting date strings. The letters used when configuring these patterns can be confusing. This can lead to dates that are incorrectly formatted. This check looks for common mistakes made when configuring date formats.

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Pass

Date format expressions in your microflow do not contain any common mistakes.

Fail

Date format expressions in your microflow contain common mistakes such as (all examples below show FAIL conditions): Day of year should not be used in parse/format date time functions parseDateTime('2015-05-21', 'yyyy-MM-DD') Hour format should be specified correctly in parse/format date-time functions parseDateTime('13:37', 'hh:mm') MM and mm tokens should be used correctly in parse/format date-time functions parseDateTime('2015-05-21', 'yyyy-mm-dd')

parseDateTime('13:37', 'HH:MM') Seconds token should be specified correctly in parse/format date-time functions parseDateTime('13:37:01', 'HH:mm:SS') Week year should not be used in date formatting or parsing parseDateTime($Var, 'YYYY') AM/PM indicator should only be used in combination with lowercase “h” formatDateTime($DateTime, 'H:mm a')

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