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#startdateAvailable from FirstSpirit Version 4.0

The system object: #startdate is the time of the last project change at the time of the generation. The generation time defines whether the generation is carried out with a historical or with the current project status (see graphic - is the execution of a generation now or in the future).

The current project status or a historical time can be used as the basis of the generation (generation time).

#startdate is then the last change before this time.

The return value of #startdate is java.util.Date. Therefore, in addition to the fields listed below, the methods of Date can also be invoked.

Invocation

Meaning

Return data type

#startdate.am_pm

Morning / Afternoon (AM / PM);
Morning (AM) = 0;
Afternoon (PM) = 1;

BigInteger

#startdate.date

Day of the month

BigInteger

#startdate.day_of_month

Day of the month

BigInteger

#startdate.day_of_week

Weekday

BigInteger

#startdate.day_of_week_in_month

Weekday of the month

BigInteger

#startdate.day_of_year

Day in the year

BigInteger

#startdate.dst_offset

Summer time difference in milliseconds

BigInteger

#startdate.era

Era / Calendar;
Before Christ / BC = 0;
After Christ / AD = 1

BigInteger

#startdate.format("FORMAT")

Formatting the date in Java syntax (see also SimpleDateFormat)

String
(character string)

#startdate.hour

Hour in AM/PM (0-11)

BigInteger

#startdate.hour_of_day

Hour of the day (0-23)

BigInteger

#startdate.millisecond

Millisecond

BigInteger

#startdate.milliseconds

Milliseconds since midnight of 1.1.1970 (UNIX timestamp)

Long

#startdate.minute

Minute in the hour

BigInteger

#startdate.month

Month

BigInteger

#startdate.second

Second in the minute

BigInteger

#startdate.week_of_month

Week in the month

BigInteger

#startdate.week_of_year

Week in the year

BigInteger

#startdate.year

Year

BigInteger

#startdate.zone_offset

Time zone difference in milliseconds

BigInteger

   

Details for the format invocation

Symbol

Meaning

Presentation

Example

a

Morning / Afternoon (AM / PM)

text

PM

d

Day of the month

Number

10

D

Day in the year

Number

189

E

Weekday

text

Tuesday

F

Weekday in the month

Number

2 (=2. Day in the month x)

G

Era / Calendar

text

AD

h

Hour in AM/PM (1-12)

Number

12

H

Hour of the day (0-23)

Number

0

k

Hour of the day (1-24)

Number

24

K

Hour in AM/PM (0-11)

Number

0

m

Minute in the hour

Number

30

M

Month

Text / Number

July
07

s

Second in the minute

Number

55

S

Millisecond

Number

978

w

Week in the year

Number

27

W

Week in the month

Number

2

y

Year

Number

1996

z

Time zone (abbreviation)

text

CEST

    

Examples of format details

Expression

Output

$CMS_VALUE(#startdate.format("dd.MM.yyyy G 'at' hh:mm:ss 'o'clock' z"))$

20.06.2007 AD at 05:41:53 o'clock CEST

$CMS_VALUE(#startdate.format("EEE, MMM d, ''yy"))$

Wed, Jun 20, '07

$CMS_VALUE(#startdate.format("h:mm a"))$

5:43 PM

$CMS_VALUE(#startdate.format("hh 'o'clock,' zzzz"))$

05 o'clock, Central European Summer Time

$CMS_VALUE(#startdate.format("K:mm a, z"))$

5:44 PM, CEST

$CMS_VALUE(#startdate.format("yyyy.MMMM.dd GGG hh:mm aaa"))$

2007.June.20 AD 05:45 PM

$CMS_VALUE(#startdate.format("dd.MM.yyyy HH:mm:ss.SSS"))$

20.06.2007 17:59:23.208

  

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