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Nested Elements

The Tstamp task supports a <format> nested element that allows a property to be set to the current date and time in a given format. The date/time patterns are as defined in the Java SimpleDateFormat class. The format element also allows offsets to be applied to the time to generate different time values.

Attribute Description Required
property The property to receive the date/time string in the given pattern. Yes
pattern The date/time pattern to be used. The values are as defined by the Java SimpleDateFormat class. Yes
timezone The timezone to use for displaying time. The values are as defined by the Java TimeZone class. No
offset The numeric offset to the current time No
unit The unit of the offset to be applied to the current time. Valid Values are
  • millisecond
  • second
  • minute
  • hour
  • day
  • week
  • month
  • year
No
locale The locale used to create date/time string. The general form is "language, country, variant" but either variant or variant and country may be omitted. For more information please refer to documentation for the Locale class. No


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Andrew Marlow 2003-07-08