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diff --git a/docs/content/en/functions/format.md b/docs/content/en/functions/format.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..1d498cc3b --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/content/en/functions/format.md @@ -0,0 +1,123 @@ +--- +title: .Format +description: Formats built-in Hugo dates---`.Date`, `.PublishDate`, and `.Lastmod`---according to Go's layout string. +godocref: https://golang.org/pkg/time/#example_Time_Format +date: 2017-02-01 +publishdate: 2017-02-01 +lastmod: 2017-02-01 +categories: [functions] +menu: + docs: + parent: "functions" +keywords: [dates,time] +signature: [".Format FORMAT"] +workson: [times] +hugoversion: +relatedfuncs: [dateFormat,now,Unix,time] +deprecated: false +aliases: [] +toc: true +--- + +`.Format` will format date values defined in your front matter and can be used as a property on the following [page variables][pagevars]: + +* `.PublishDate` +* `.Date` +* `.Lastmod` + +Assuming a key-value of `date: 2017-03-03` in a content file's front matter, your can run the date through `.Format` followed by a layout string for your desired output at build time: + +``` +{{ .PublishDate.Format "January 2, 2006" }} => March 3, 2017 +``` + +For formatting *any* string representations of dates defined in your front matter, see the [`dateFormat` function][dateFormat], which will still leverage the Golang layout string explained below but uses a slightly different syntax. + +## Go's Layout String + +Hugo templates [format your dates][time] via layout strings that point to a specific reference time: + +``` +Mon Jan 2 15:04:05 MST 2006 +``` + +While this may seem arbitrary, the numerical value of `MST` is `07`, thus making the layout string a sequence of numbers. + +Here is a visual explanation [taken directly from the Go docs][gdex]: + +``` + Jan 2 15:04:05 2006 MST +=> 1 2 3 4 5 6 -7 +``` + +### Hugo Date and Time Templating Reference + +The following examples show the layout string followed by the rendered output. + +The examples were rendered and tested in [CST][] and all point to the same field in a content file's front matter: + +``` +date: 2017-03-03T14:15:59-06:00 +``` + +`.Date` (i.e. called via [page variable][pagevars]) +: **Returns**: `2017-03-03 14:15:59 -0600 CST` + +`"Monday, January 2, 2006"` +: **Returns**: `Friday, March 3, 2017` + +`"Mon Jan 2 2006"` +: **Returns**: `Fri Mar 3 2017` + +`"January 2006"` +: **Returns**: `March 2017` + +`"2006-01-02"` +: **Returns**: `2017-03-03` + +`"Monday"` +: **Returns**: `Friday` + +`"02 Jan 06 15:04 MST"` (RFC822) +: **Returns**: `03 Mar 17 14:15 CST` + +`"02 Jan 06 15:04 -0700"` (RFC822Z) +: **Returns**: `03 Mar 17 14:15 -0600` + +`"Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:04:05 MST"` (RFC1123) +: **Returns**: `Fri, 03 Mar 2017 14:15:59 CST` + +`"Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:04:05 -0700"` (RFC339) +: **Returns**: `Fri, 03 Mar 2017 14:15:59 -0600` + +### Cardinal Numbers and Ordinal Abbreviations + +Spelled-out cardinal numbers (e.g. "one", "two", and "three") and ordinal abbreviations (i.e., with shorted suffixes like "1st", "2nd", and "3rd") are not currently supported: + +``` +{{.Date.Format "Jan 2nd 2006"}} +``` + +Hugo assumes you want to append `nd` as a string to the day of the month and outputs the following: + +``` +Mar 3nd 2017 +``` + +<!-- Content idea: see https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/formatting-a-date-with-suffix-2nd/5701 --> + +### Use `.Local` and `.UTC` + +In conjunction with the [`dateFormat` function][dateFormat], you can also convert your dates to `UTC` or to local timezones: + +`{{ dateFormat "02 Jan 06 15:04 MST" .Date.UTC }}` +: **Returns**: `03 Mar 17 20:15 UTC` + +`{{ dateFormat "02 Jan 06 15:04 MST" .Date.Local }}` +: **Returns**: `03 Mar 17 14:15 CST` + +[CST]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Time_Zone +[dateFormat]: /functions/dateformat/ +[gdex]: https://golang.org/pkg/time/#example_Time_Format +[pagevars]: /variables/page/ +[time]: https://golang.org/pkg/time/ |