I need to format a date field in Visual Force email template so that it is of the form:
December 5, 2012
I check date format guidelines in force documentation and find this: http://www.salesforce.com/us/developer/docs/pages/Content/pages_compref_outputText.htm
I don't think this does not give me the full range of options available. Anyone got a link which does?
Attribution to: dublintech
Possible Suggestion/Solution #1
I think here you will be needed an apex method, something like this:
public List<String> monthList = new List<String>{'January',
'February',
'March',
'April',
'May',
'June',
'July',
'August',
'September',
'October',
'November',
'December'};
public String getDateFormatted(Date myDate)
{
return monthList.get(myDate.month() - 1) + ' ' + myDate.day() + ', ' + myDate.year();
}
UPDATE: for use at the visualforce page you can use following code:
<apex:outputText value="{0,date, MMMM ,d yyyy}">
<apex:param value="{!NOW()}" />
</apex:outputText>
See the Java documentation for all the pattern letters that can be used when formatting dates.
Attribution to: Sergej Utko
Possible Suggestion/Solution #2
TEXT(DAY(TODAY()))&" "&CASE(MONTH(TODAY()),1,"January",2,"February",3,"March",4,"April",5,"May",6,"June",7,"July",8,"August",9,"September",10,"October",11,"November","December")&" "&TEXT(YEAR(TODAY()))
Try this formula instead than coding .
Attribution to: Mohith Shrivastava
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