DateTime format including zone names

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hi, i want to format my datetime field as this example:
"Th May 25 2023, 10:00:00 America/New_York"

i've tried with v symbol from unicode.org examples (VV America/Los_Angeles The long time zone ID.) but no luck

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Have you looked at Moment.js?

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Hey @kheptan! As Scott suggested, Moment should be useful here :slight_smile: Moment is a library included in Retool that helps with all things dates (formatting, parsing, etc.)

If you're passing in a date string that looks like "2023-05-25T10:00:00Z", for example, then this should get you the format you're looking for:

moment(dateString).format("ddd MMM D YYYY, HH:mm:ss [America/New_York]");

In this example, the dateString represents the input date string in ISO 8601 format.

The format string "ddd MMM D YYYY, HH:mm:ss [America/New_York]" is composed of the following components:

  • ddd: Three-letter abbreviation of the day of the week (e.g., "Thu").
  • MMM: Three-letter abbreviation of the month (e.g., "May").
  • D: Day of the month (e.g., "25").
  • YYYY: Four-digit year (e.g., "2023").
  • HH: Two-digit hour in 24-hour format (e.g., "10").
  • mm: Two-digit minute (e.g., "00").
  • ss: Two-digit second (e.g., "00").
  • [America/New_York]: Timezone identifier for New York.

You can adjust the format string as per your requirements or modify it to match the format of your original date string!

https://momentjs.com/docs/#/parsing/string-format/

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