import ballerina/io;
import ballerina/time;

public function main() returns error? {
    // Converts a given RFC 3339 timestamp
    // (e.g. `2007-12-03T10:15:30.12Z`) string to a `time:Utc` value.
    time:Utc utc = check time:utcFromString("2007-12-03T10:15:30.120Z");
    io:println("UTC value: " + utc.toString());

    // Converts a given `time:Utc` to a RFC 3339 timestamp
    // (e.g. `2007-12-03T10:15:30.00Z`) string.
    string utcString = time:utcToString(utc);
    io:println(`UTC string representation: ${utcString}`);

    // Converts a given RFC 3339 timestamp(e.g. `2007-12-03T10:15:30.00Z`)
    // to a `time:Civil` record.
    time:Civil civil1 = check
    time:civilFromString("2021-04-12T23:20:50.520+05:30[Asia/Colombo]");
    io:println("Converted civil value: " + civil1.toString());

    // Converts a given `time:Civil` value to a RFC 3339
    // (e.g. `2007-12-03T10:15:30.00Z`) formatted string.
    string civilString = check time:civilToString(civil1);
    io:println(`Civil string representation: ${civilString}`);

    // Converts a given UTC to an RFC 5322 formatted string
    // (e.g `Mon, 3 Dec 2007 10:15:30 GMT`).
    string emailFormattedString = time:utcToEmailString(utc, "Z");
    io:println(`Email formatted string: ${emailFormattedString}`);

    // Converts a given RFC 5322 formatted string
    // (e.g `Mon, 3 Dec 2007 10:15:30 GMT`) to a `time:Civil` record.
    time:Civil civil2 = check
    time:civilFromEmailString("Wed, 10 Mar 2021 19:51:55 -0800 (PST)");
    io:println(`Civil record of the email string: ${civil2.toString()}`);

    // Converts a given `time:Civil` record to an RFC 5322 formatted string
    // (e.g `Mon, 3 Dec 2007 10:15:30 GMT`).
    string emailString = check
    time:civilToEmailString(civil2, time:PREFER_ZONE_OFFSET);
    io:println(`Email string of the civil record: ${emailString}`);
}

Time formatting/parsing

This sample demonstrates how time APIs can be used to convert UTC and local time to different string representations (RFC 5322 and RFC 3339) vice versa.

For more information on the underlying module, see the Time module.

 
import ballerina/io;
import ballerina/time;

public function main() returns error? {

    time:Utc utc = check time:utcFromString("2007-12-03T10:15:30.120Z");
    io:println("UTC value: " + utc.toString());

Converts a given RFC 3339 timestamp (e.g. 2007-12-03T10:15:30.12Z) string to a time:Utc value.

    string utcString = time:utcToString(utc);
    io:println(`UTC string representation: ${utcString}`);

Converts a given time:Utc to a RFC 3339 timestamp (e.g. 2007-12-03T10:15:30.00Z) string.

    time:Civil civil1 = check
    time:civilFromString("2021-04-12T23:20:50.520+05:30[Asia/Colombo]");
    io:println("Converted civil value: " + civil1.toString());

Converts a given RFC 3339 timestamp(e.g. 2007-12-03T10:15:30.00Z) to a time:Civil record.

    string civilString = check time:civilToString(civil1);
    io:println(`Civil string representation: ${civilString}`);

Converts a given time:Civil value to a RFC 3339 (e.g. 2007-12-03T10:15:30.00Z) formatted string.

    string emailFormattedString = time:utcToEmailString(utc, "Z");
    io:println(`Email formatted string: ${emailFormattedString}`);

Converts a given UTC to an RFC 5322 formatted string (e.g Mon, 3 Dec 2007 10:15:30 GMT).

    time:Civil civil2 = check
    time:civilFromEmailString("Wed, 10 Mar 2021 19:51:55 -0800 (PST)");
    io:println(`Civil record of the email string: ${civil2.toString()}`);

Converts a given RFC 5322 formatted string (e.g Mon, 3 Dec 2007 10:15:30 GMT) to a time:Civil record.

    string emailString = check
    time:civilToEmailString(civil2, time:PREFER_ZONE_OFFSET);
    io:println(`Email string of the civil record: ${emailString}`);
}

Converts a given time:Civil record to an RFC 5322 formatted string (e.g Mon, 3 Dec 2007 10:15:30 GMT).

bal run time_formatting_and_parsing.bal
UTC value: [1196676930,0.12]
UTC string representation: 2007-12-03T10:15:30.120Z
Converted civil value: {"utcOffset":{"hours":5,"minutes":30},"timeAbbrev":"Asia/Colombo","dayOfWeek":1,"year":2021,"month":4,"day":12,"hour":23,"minute":20,"second":50.52}
Civil string representation: 2021-04-12T17:50:50.520Z
Email formatted string: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 10:15:30 Z
Civil record of the email string: {"utcOffset":{"hours":-8,"minutes":0},"timeAbbrev":"America/Los_Angeles","dayOfWeek":3,"year":2021,"month":3,"day":10,"hour":19,"minute":51,"second":55}
Email string of the civil record: Wed, 10 Mar 2021 19:51:55 -0800