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PDFDate Class Reference
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Represents a date and time in the PDF format. The following table lists the available pattern components for formatting and parsing dates: More...

## Public Member Functions
| format (pattern:string)
| Format this PDFDate object according to the specified pattern. More...
| getDate ()
| Retrives the JS Date object representing the date and time stored in this PDFDate object. More...

## Static Public Member Functions
static | from (jsDate:Date)
| Creates a PDFDate instance from a JavaScript Date object. More...
static | now ()
| Returns a new PDFDate instance representing the current date and time. More...
static | parse (str:string, pattern:string)
| Parses a string according to the specified pattern and returns a PDFDate instance representing the parsed date and time. More...

## Detailed Description

Represents a date and time in the PDF format. The following table lists the available pattern components for formatting and parsing dates:

Pattern | Description
--- | ---
yyyy | Full year (e.g., 2024)
yy | Abbreviated year (e.g., 24 for 2024)
mmmm | Full month name (e.g., January, February)
mmm | Abbreviated month name (e.g., Jan, Feb, Mar)
mm | Two-digit month (e.g., 01, 12)
m | One or two-digit month (e.g., 1, 9, 10)
dddd | Full day of the week (e.g., Sunday, Monday)
ddd | Abbreviated day of the week (e.g., Sun, Mon)
dd | Two-digit day of the month (e.g., 01, 29)
d | One or two-digit day of the month (e.g., 1, 9, 10)
HH | Two-digit hour (24-hour clock, e.g., 00, 23)
H | One or two-digit hour (24-hour clock, e.g., 01, 09, 18)
hh | Two-digit hour (12-hour clock, e.g., 00, 11, 06)
h | One or two-digit hour (12-hour clock, e.g., 1, 9, 6)
MM | Two-digit minute (e.g., 01, 59)
M | One or two-digit minute (e.g., 1, 59)
ss | Two-digit second (e.g., 01, 59)
s | One or two-digit second (e.g., 1, 59)
tt | AM/PM (e.g., AM, PM)
t | a/p (e.g., a, p)

Since
  11.0.0

## Member Function Documentation

## ◆ format()

PDFDate::format | ( |  | pattern:string | ) |
| inline

Format this PDFDate object according to the specified pattern.

Parameters

  pattern | string - The pattern to format this PDFDate object.

Returns
  string - A string formatted according to the specified pattern.

Since
  11.0.0

## ◆ from()

static PDFDate::from | ( |  | jsDate:Date | ) |
| inline static

Creates a PDFDate instance from a JavaScript Date object.

Parameters

  jsDate | Date - The JavaScript Date object to be converted to a PDFDate.

Returns
  PDFDate - A new PDFDate instance representing the same date and time.

Since
  11.0.0

## ◆ getDate()

PDFDate::getDate | ( |  | ) |
| inline

Retrives the JS Date object representing the date and time stored in this PDFDate object.

Returns
  Date - A JS Date object representing the date and time stored in this PDFDate object.

Since
  11.0.0

## ◆ now()

static PDFDate::now | ( |  | ) |
| inline static

Returns a new PDFDate instance representing the current date and time.

Returns
  PDFDate - A new PDFDate instance representing the current date and time.

Since
  11.0.0

## ◆ parse()

static PDFDate::parse | ( |  | str:string,
|  |  | pattern:string
| ) |  |
| inline static

Parses a string according to the specified pattern and returns a PDFDate instance representing the parsed date and time.

Parameters

  str | string - The string to be parsed.
  pattern | string - The pattern to parse the string. The pattern can be a subset of the ICU date and time format.

Returns
  PDFDate - A new PDFDate instance representing the parsed date and time.

Since
  11.0.0

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