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dateFormat
Converts the textual representation of the
datetime
into the specified format.
Syntax
dateFormat LAYOUT INPUT
dateFormat
converts the textual representation of the datetime
into the specified format or returns it as a Go time.Time
type value. These are formatted with the layout string.
{{ dateFormat "Monday, Jan 2, 2006" "2015-01-21" }} → "Wednesday, Jan 21, 2015"
See the
Format
function
for a more complete list of date formatting options in your templates.