Date Formatting Property

Hi.
How can i format the date, using birt date formatting property so it comes in "DD:MM:YYYY,HH:24MI:SS GMT" format?. When i try with "h:mm:ss a z", I see, "DD:MM:YYYY,HH:24MI:SS CST" always. how can i format it so it comes as GMT instead of CST?

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mwilliams

If you just need the output of the date, you can use .toGMTString() and it will change the output to the correct output, but it'll be a string and not a dateTime.

If you're wanting it to still be a dateTime field, you can do something like:

temp = new Date();
minutes = temp.getTimezoneOffset();
BirtDateTime.addMinute(temp,minutes);

This won't change CST to GMT, but you can format it as such.

Hope this helps.

Bhumi U.

Thanks Michael, 
date.toGMTString()function is working fine .Thanks for your response. 
 
Bhumi 
 
 
<blockquote class='ipsBlockquote' data-author="'mwilliams'" data-cid="95167" data-time="1328645669" data-date="07 February 2012 - 01:14 PM">
If you just need the output of the date, you can use .toGMTString() and it will change the output to the correct output, but it'll be a string and not a dateTime. 
 
If you're wanting it to still be a dateTime field, you can do something like: 
 
temp = new Date(); 
minutes = temp.getTimezoneOffset(); 
BirtDateTime.addMinute(temp,minutes); 
 
This won't change CST to GMT, but you can format it as such. 
 
Hope this helps. </blockquote>

mwilliams

You're welcome! Let us know whenever you have questions!