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Format Date

Formats a date you already have, by name: "long" gives Thursday 10th September 2026, "time" gives 3:05 pm, "datetime", "short", "iso" — or pass Format to write your own token string. Wraps the Date To String node so an app asks for a shape instead of remembering twenty-one tokens, and passes Locale through, so weekday and month names follow it. NOT the same thing as the intl-format module: that one formats against the clock ("3 hours ago", auto-refreshing) and formats numbers, lists and plurals. This part formats a date you hold. Logic only — wire Text into a Text node.

What installs​

  • /Parts/Format Date

Place it by using /Parts/Format Date as a node type.

Notes from the author​

Inputs: Date (a date), Style (short | date | long | time | datetime | iso, default date), Format (a Date To String token string, which wins over Style when set), Locale (a BCP-47 tag such as fr-FR; empty means en-US). Output: Text.

The presets are written in the Date To String vocabulary, so anything you can put in Format, you could have put in a preset. {dayName} {dayShort} {monthName} {monthShort} follow Locale; {ordinal} is English and deliberately so.

When to install intl-format instead​

This part answers "what does this date say?". The intl-format module answers "how long ago was it?" and "how do I write 1,024, or a list, or 3 items?" — a Relative Time node with an auto-refresh interval, plus Format Number, Format List and Pluralize. They do not overlap, and an app that shows both a post date and a "posted 3 hours ago" wants both.