Variable Formatting

Variables that require formatting can be defnited using the following formatting symbols.

Applying the formatting

Specify the formatting to be used by inserting the symbols within curly braces { } when using the variable.

For example:

to set the date format to "Feb 15, 2020" for the src.dateTime variable you would enter: "$[src.dateTime{MMM dd, yyyy}]"
to set the date format to "003" (with leading zeros) for the pdf.pageCount variable you would enter: "$[pdf.pageCount{####}]"

Note: At RUNTIME if PAS attempts to write out a file or create a directory it checks to make sure it does not contain any invalid characters (i.e. |?:* etc...). If it does all invalid characters will be replaced with an underscore "_"

Numbers

0 = digit placeholder (000 = 001)

# = digit no placeholder (### = 1)

. = decimal separator (#.# = 0.5)

, = grouping separator (#,### = 1,000)

Dates

yy = two-digit year

yyyy = four-digit year

m = month (1-12)

mm = two-digit month (01-12)

mmm = three letter month abbreviation (01=Jan)

mmmm = full month name (01=January)

d = day of month (1-31)

dd = two-digit day of month (01 - 31)

H = hours (1-23)

HH = two digit hour (00 - 23) (AM/PM NOT allowed)

M = minutes (0-59)

MM = two digit minute (00 - 59)

s = seconds (0-59)

ss = two digit second (00 - 59)

h = hour (0 - 12 | 12-hour AM/PM format)

hh = two digit hour (00 - 12 | 12-hour AM/PM format)

tt = AM/PM based on the time

zz = time zone (Pacific Daylight Time = PDT)

zzzz = time zone (Pacific Daylight Time)