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ISO8601FormatDate ( fmDate )

Formats a FileMaker Date in ISO 8601 format

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Sample input:

ISO8601FormatDate( get(CurrentDate) )

Sample output:

2019-07-23

Function definition: (Copy & paste into FileMaker's Edit Custom Function window)

Case ( 
  IsEmpty ( fmDate ) ; 
    "" ; 
  Year( fmDate ) & "-" & Right ( "0" & Month ( fmDate ) ; 2 ) & "-" & Right ( "0" & Day ( fmDate ) ; 2 ) 
)

Formats a FileMaker date in a standard ISO format. Handles empty values. Doesn't work with years in BC era, sorry Pythagoreans.

This is a good format for passing dates around in JSON.

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