Formats

FlowScript supports converting numeric values and date times to string with a provided format string. This is performed with the format function.

Numeric values

Format	Description	Example (value: 1234.567)	Example Result
"C"	A currency value.*	"C" (en-US) "C" (sv-SE)	"$1,234.57" "1.234,57 kr"
"F"	Integral and decimal digits with optional negative sign.*	"F" (en-US) "F" (de-DE)	"1234.57" "1234,57"
"Fn" (ex "F1")	Same as "F" with n precision (Number of decimal digits.)*	"F1" (en-US) "F3" (de-DE)	"1234.6" "1234,567"
"N"	Integral and decimal digits, group separators, and a decimal separator with optional negative sign.*	"N" (en-US) "N" (ru-RU)	"1,234.57" "1 234,57"
"Nn" (ex "N1")	Same as "N" with n precision (Number of decimal digits.)*	"N1" (en-US) "N3" (ru-RU)	"1,234.6" "1 234,567"

* Format is defined by the computer where the Flow Engine is executing.

Read more about .NET Date and Time format strings here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dwhawy9k.aspx

Date and time format

Format	Description	Example (date: 2009-06-15T13:45:30)	Example Result
"d"	The day of the month, from 1 through 31.	"d"	"15"
"dd"	The day of the month, from 01 through 31.	"dd"	"15"
"dddd"	The full name of the day of the week.*	"dddd" (en-US)	"Monday"
"M"	The month, from 1 through 12.	"M"	"6"
"MM"	The month, from 01 through 12.	"MM"	"06"
"MMM"	The abbreviated name of the month.*	"MMM" (en-US)	"Jun"
"MMMM"	The full name of the month.*	"MMMM" (en-US)	"June"
"yy"	The year, from 00 to 99.	"yy"	"09"
"yyyy"	The year as a four-digit number.	"yyyy"	"2009"
":"	The time separator.*	"HH:mm" (en-US) "HH:mm" (ar-DZ)	"13:45" "13.45"
"/"	The date separator.*	"yy/MM/dd" (en-US) "yy/MM/dd" (ar-DZ)	"09/06/15" "09-06-15"
"\"	The escape character.	"\M M"	"M 6"

* Language/format is defined by the computer where the Flow Engine is executing.

Read more about .NET Date and Time format strings here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8kb3ddd4.aspx