Convert Date to Required Format

Last updated on Jun 28, 2023
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Definition: fromDateToFormattedDate(inputDate: datetime.date, requiredFormat: str) → str
Description: Converts the existing date format to a format of your choice.
Parameters: - inputdate: The date in existing format.
- requiredFormat: The format to which the date object is must be converted. Example: MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss a.
Returns: The date in the required string format.

The following script takes a date value as an argument and returns the date in the specified format.

from io.hevo.api import Event
from io.hevo.api import TimeUtils


def transform(event):

    # Get properties from the Event #
    dateObject = properties['date'] # Date object from a source table
    requiredFormat = '<MMMM d, yy. hh:mm a>'
    properties['<formattedDate>'] = TimeUtils.fromDateToFormattedDate( dateObject, requiredFormat )
    return event

Sample Transformation

The following script retrieves the value of the millis field, converts it to a date object using the fromEpochToDate method, and adds it as the previous_date field. Then, the function uses the fromDateToFormattedDate method to transform the previous_date into the specified format and displays it in the new field, my_new_formatted_date.

from io.hevo.api import Event
from io.hevo.api import TimeUtils

def transform(event):

    # Get properties from the Event #
    previous_date = TimeUtils.fromEpochToDate(properties['millis'])
    requiredFormat = 'MMMM d, yy. hh:mm a'
    properties['my_new_formatted_date'] = TimeUtils.fromDateToFormattedDate( previous_date, requiredFormat )
    return event

Sample Output

The epoch time 1672987516206 is converted to January 6, 23. 12:00 AM and added in the my_new_formatted_date field.

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