ecm:toDate

The function ecm:toDate converts a target string or value into a date data type. The value returned is a date data type.

This function is often used to convert values to dates for use with functions that require date data types in parameters.

Example

A selection determines whether recipients who are near retirement age receive a message. The segment criteria compare the date of birth stored as an attribute value to a specific date (1 January 1950). In order to compare the two dates using the function ecm:less, both values must be date data types. The function ecm:toDate converts the string '1950-01-01' into a date data type so it can be compared with the date stored in the recipient attribute ​user['DateofBirth']​. The combined functions are constructed as follows:

${ecm:less(user['DateOfBirth'], ecm:toDate('1950-01-01', ecm:timeZone('Europe/Berlin')))}

Structure​

ecm:toDate(string, timezone)

Parameters​