date_str
Converts a string timestamp into another date format returned as a string. The format for this syntax is the same as strftime
. date_str
is nearly the same as piping a string to str_to_date then piping the value to date.
Input
{{ article.published_at | date_str: "%a, %b %d, %y" }}
Output
Fri, Jul 17, 15
Input
{{ article.published_at | date_str: "%Y" }}
Output
2015
date_str
works on unix timestamps.
Input
{{'980989200' | date_str: '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M' }}
Output
2001-02-01 01:00
Input
{{'1706201489' | date_str: '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M' }}
Output
2024-01-25 16:51
To get the current time, pass the special word "now"
(or "today"
) to date
.
Input
This page was last updated at {{ "now" | date: "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M" }}.
Output
This page was last updated at 2023-07-07 14:07.
Note that the value will be the current time of when the page was last generated from the template, not when the page is presented to a user if caching or static site generation is involved.
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