Date format in EL expression

Camunda 7 Topics Discussion & Questions
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Hey,

I have a date object stored as a process variable instance,
Is there a way to format a date into a string using EL exp ?

(I’m running the standard Tomcat edition so I assume CDI is not available easily to register custom EL funcs)

Thanks

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Hi @Asaf_Shakarzy,

Using Date#toString would probably be the easiest way. See https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/Date.html#toString-- for specifics.

If you need a specific format, I recommend using a script instead of EL.

Cheers,
Thorben

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yea i don’t think we can instantiate a new instance of date in EL,

so i’ll fallback to other options,

thanks!