Nushell
Get Nu!
Getting Started
  • The Nushell Book
  • Command Reference
  • Cookbook
  • Language Reference Guide
  • Contributing Guide
Blog
  • English
  • 中文
  • Deutsch
  • Français
  • Español
  • 日本語
  • Português do Brasil
  • Русский язык
GitHub
Get Nu!
Getting Started
  • The Nushell Book
  • Command Reference
  • Cookbook
  • Language Reference Guide
  • Contributing Guide
Blog
  • English
  • 中文
  • Deutsch
  • Français
  • Español
  • 日本語
  • Português do Brasil
  • Русский язык
GitHub
  • Categories

    • Bits
    • Bytes
    • Chart
    • Conversions
    • Core
    • Database
    • Dataframe
    • Dataframe Or Lazyframe
    • Date
    • Debug
    • Default
    • Env
    • Experimental
    • Expression
    • Filesystem
    • Filters
    • Formats
    • Generators
    • Hash
    • History
    • Lazyframe
    • Math
    • Misc
    • Network
    • Path
    • Platform
    • Plugin
    • Prompt
    • Random
    • Removed
    • Shells
    • Strings
    • System
    • Viewers

format date for strings

Format a given date using a format string.

Signature

> format date {flags} (format string)

Flags

  • --list, -l: lists strftime cheatsheet

Parameters

  • format string: The desired format date.

Input/output types:

inputoutput
datetimestring
stringstring
nothingtable
anytable

Examples

Format a given date-time using the default format (RFC 2822).

> '2021-10-22 20:00:12 +01:00' | into datetime | format date
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 20:00:12 +0100

Format a given date-time as a string using the default format (RFC 2822).

> "2021-10-22 20:00:12 +01:00" | format date
Fri, 22 Oct 2021 20:00:12 +0100

Format a given date-time according to the RFC 3339 standard.

> '2021-10-22 20:00:12 +01:00' | into datetime | format date "%+"
2021-10-22T20:00:12+01:00

Format the current date-time using a given format string.

> date now | format date "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"

Format the current date using a given format string.

> date now | format date "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"

Format a given date using a given format string.

> "2021-10-22 20:00:12 +01:00" | format date "%Y-%m-%d"
2021-10-22