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AClark
New Contributor
16 years ago

Properties Syntax for a DateTime string to be used in a Request.

I'm having a problem with the Properties syntax. I'm trying to create a datatime string value like this: //YYDDDHHMMSSMMM (14 chars) Here is c# code to do it.         public string GenReferenceIden...
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HaedenH
Occasional Contributor
15 years ago
Ah ha! Got it!

I had a little bit of outside help, but here is what we've come up with:
${=cal = java.util.Calendar.getInstance();
              cal.add(Calendar.MINUTE, -5); //subtract 5 mins
              dfUTC = new java.text.SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMddHHmm");
              dfUTC.setTimeZone(java.util.TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
              dfUTC.format(cal.getTime());}


This code will set the time to the UTC (also 'GMT') Time Zone, subtract the desired 5 minutes, and format the output as follows:
201102041416 becomes 201102041911

Hope this helps someone in the future.