hugo/docs/content/en/methods/time/Format.md
Bjørn Erik Pedersen 5fd1e74903
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Closes #11925
2024-01-27 10:48:57 +01:00

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Format Returns a textual representation of the time.Time value formatted according to the layout string.
aliases related returnType signatures
functions/time/AsTime
methods/time/UTC
methods/time/Local
string
TIME.Format LAYOUT
true
/methods/time/format
{{ $t := "2023-01-27T23:44:58-08:00" }}
{{ $t = time.AsTime $t }}
{{ $format := "2 Jan 2006" }}

{{ $t.Format $format }} → 27 Jan 2023

{{% note %}} To localize the return value, use the time.Format function instead.

{{% /note %}}

Use the Format method with any time.Time value, including the four predefined front matter dates:

{{ $format := "2 Jan 2006" }}

{{ .Date.Format $format }}
{{ .PublishDate.Format $format }}
{{ .ExpiryDate.Format $format }}
{{ .Lastmod.Format $format }}

{{% note %}} Use the time.Format function to format string representations of dates, and to format raw TOML dates that exclude time and time zone offset.

{{% /note %}}

Layout string

{{% include "functions/_common/time-layout-string.md" %}}

Examples

Given this front matter:

{{< code-toggle fm=true >}} title = "About time" date = 2023-01-27T23:44:58-08:00 {{< /code-toggle >}}

The examples below were rendered in the America/Los_Angeles time zone:

Format string Result
Monday, January 2, 2006 Friday, January 27, 2023
Mon Jan 2 2006 Fri Jan 27 2023
January 2006 January 2023
2006-01-02 2023-01-27
Monday Friday
02 Jan 06 15:04 MST 27 Jan 23 23:44 PST
Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:04:05 MST Fri, 27 Jan 2023 23:44:58 PST
Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:04:05 -0700 Fri, 27 Jan 2023 23:44:58 -0800

UTC and local time

Convert and format any time.Time value to either Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) or local time.

{{ $t := "2023-01-27T23:44:58-08:00" }}
{{ $t = time.AsTime $t }}
{{ $format := "2 Jan 2006 3:04:05 PM MST" }}

{{ $t.UTC.Format $format }} → 28 Jan 2023 7:44:58 AM UTC
{{ $t.Local.Format $format }} → 27 Jan 2023 11:44:58 PM PST

Ordinal representation

Use the humanize function to render the day of the month as an ordinal number:

{{ $t := "2023-01-27T23:44:58-08:00" }}
{{ $t = time.AsTime $t }}

{{ humanize $t.Day }} of {{ $t.Format "January 2006" }} → 27th of January 2023