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date

Description

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Parameters

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		<tr>

			<td colspan="6"><h4>Dynamic Attributes Allowed:</h4> false</td>

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			<td colspan="6">&nbsp;</td>

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			<th align="left" valign="top"><h4>Name</h4></th>

			<th align="left" valign="top"><h4>Required</h4></th>

			<th align="left" valign="top"><h4>Default</h4></th>

			<th align="left" valign="top"><h4>Evaluated</h4></th>

			<th align="left" valign="top"><h4>Type</h4></th>

			<th align="left" valign="top"><h4>Description</h4></th>

		</tr>

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				<td align="left" valign="top">format</td>

				<td align="left" valign="top">false</td>

				<td align="left" valign="top"></td>

				<td align="left" valign="top">false</td>

				<td align="left" valign="top">String</td>

				<td align="left" valign="top">Date or DateTime format pattern</td>

			</tr>

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				<td align="left" valign="top">name</td>

				<td align="left" valign="top"><strong>true</strong></td>

				<td align="left" valign="top"></td>

				<td align="left" valign="top">false</td>

				<td align="left" valign="top">String</td>

				<td align="left" valign="top">The date value to format</td>

			</tr>

			<tr>

				<td align="left" valign="top">nice</td>

				<td align="left" valign="top">false</td>

				<td align="left" valign="top">false</td>

				<td align="left" valign="top">false</td>

				<td align="left" valign="top">Boolean</td>

				<td align="left" valign="top">Whether to print out the date nicely</td>

			</tr>

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				<td align="left" valign="top">timezone</td>

				<td align="left" valign="top">false</td>

				<td align="left" valign="top"></td>

				<td align="left" valign="top">false</td>

				<td align="left" valign="top">String</td>

				<td align="left" valign="top">The specific timezone in which to format the date</td>

			</tr>

			<tr>

				<td align="left" valign="top">var</td>

				<td align="left" valign="top">false</td>

				<td align="left" valign="top"></td>

				<td align="left" valign="top">false</td>

				<td align="left" valign="top">String</td>

				<td align="left" valign="top">Name used to reference the value pushed into the Value Stack</td>

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Examples

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  <s:date name="person.birthday" format="dd/MM/yyyy" />
  <s:date name="person.birthday" format="%{getText('some.i18n.key')}" />
  <s:date name="person.birthday" nice="true" />
  <s:date name="person.birthday" />

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