Passed a String returns a date with the indicated format.

1 date.parse

<date.parse
    format='format'
    lang='lang'
    timezone='timezone'
>
    <date /> *
</date.parse>

Attributes
Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
Aformat	String			user_format	Date format, for example dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm:ss z. If it is not indicated format the user's format is used.
Alang	String			user_lang	Language to form the Locale to the parser function. If the format is not indicated, the user's format is used. The language is necessary when the used month's format is alphanumeric (MMM) for example "ene".
Atimezone	String				Time zone, for example America/Mexico_City.

Arguments
Name	Type	Required	Unique	Nullable	Description
Edate	Date				Date which you should parsear.

Returns
Type	Description
Date	The date with the specified format and time zone.

Example

Pass a string to a date format.

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<xsql-script name='date_parse_sample1'>
    <body>
        <set name='var'>
            <date.parse format='MM-dd-yyyy'>05-01-2100</date.parse>
        </set>
        <println><var /></println>
    </body>
</xsql-script>

Returns:

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01-05-2100

Notas

If a String which does not respect the format is passed, the transformation is not done.