get*

Description

This function is a set of functions that include:

Function	Description
getMillis	Extracts the milliseconds from a date, ranging from 0-999.
getSecond	Extracts the second from a date, ranging from 0-59.
getMinute	Extracts the minutes from a date, ranging from 0-59.
getHour12	Extracts the hour from a date. Uses a 12 hour clock, so noon and midnight are returned as 0.
getHour24	Extracts the hour from a date. Uses a 24 hour clock, so midnight is zero.
getDayOfWeek	Extracts the day of the week from a date. Sunday is day 1, Saturday is day 7.
getDayOfMonth	Extracts the day of the month from a date. The first day of the month is day 1.
getDayOfYear	Extracts the day of the year from a date. The first day of the year is day 1.
getMonth	Extracts the month from a date, where January is month 0.
getQuarter	Extracts the quarter from a date, ranging from 1-4.
getYear	Extracts the year from a date.
getAMorPM	Returns a 0 if the time is before noon, and a 1 if the time is after noon.

Syntax

get* ( date )

Code Examples

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getMonth(now()) #This would print the current month.

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getQuarter(getDate(2017, 3, 15)) //The date is in the second quarter

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getDayOfWeek({Root Container.Calendar.date}) //Will grab the day of the week of the selected date of the calendar component