16 DateTime Variable - Uipath Studio
Date Time :
1. Get Current Date in string format:
Datetime.Now.ToString()
(Output - string type - “dd/MM/yyyy hh:mm:ss”)
DateTime.Now
(Output - Datetime variable)
2. Get different formats of datetime as string type
Get current day alone - numerical terms
Datetime.Now.ToString(“dd”)
* Get current day - full text*
Datetime.Now.ToString(“dddd”)
Get Current month - full name
Datetime.Now.ToString(“MMMM”)
Get current month - first three characters
Datetime.Now.ToString(“MMM”)
Get current month - numerical value
Datetime.Now.ToString(“MM”)
Get current year - full year
Datetime.Now.ToString(“yyyy”)
Get current year - last two characters
Datetime.Now.ToString(“yy”)
Get current time - in 12 hrs format
Datetime.Now.ToString(“hh:mm:ss”)
get current time - in 24 hours format
Datetime.Now.ToString(“HH:mm:ss”)
Get current hour alone - 12 hrs format
Datetime.Now.ToString(“hh”)
Get current hours alone - 24 hours format
Datetime.Now.ToString(“HH”)
Get Current minutes
Datetime.Now.ToString(“mm”)
Get current seconds
Datetime.Now.ToString(“ss”)
3. Get current Datetime as string with TIMEZONE
Datetime.Now.ToString(“dd/MM/yyyy hh:mm:ss K”)
4. Get current Datetime with AM / PM
Datetime.Now.ToString(“dd/MM/yyyy hh:mm:ss tt”)
5. Convert a string to Datetime
If input is Strinput = “12/02/2022”
with Convert.ToDatetime method
var_datetime = Convert.ToDatetime(Strinput.ToString)
with Datetime.Parse method
var_datetime = Datetime.Parse(Strinput.ToString)
with Datetime.ParseExact method
var_datetime = Datetime.ParseExact(Strinput.ToString, “dd/MM/yyyy”, System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)
In the above last expression dd/MM/yyyy depends on what format the Strinput variable holds
It has to be same as that
So based on what format we find in string input variable mention the same format instead of “dd/MM/yyyy” in last expression
Note : if you want tour above expression as string output type then include .ToString atlast of the expression
Suppose If the input is of full format
Strinput = “23/11/2022 02:20:31 +5:30”
Then to get this as Datetime
var_datetime = Datetime.ParseExact(Strinput.ToString, “dd/MM/yyyy hh:mm:ss K”)
