ToDate

ToDate( value )
ToDate( value )
ToDate( value )
ToDate( value )
to_date( value )
ToDate( value )

Description

The ToDate function converts a value to a date type, if possible.

Attempting to convert a value to a date which has no date representation results in an "invalid argument" error.

Parameters

Argument Type Definition and Requirements

value

Any

The value to attempt to convert to a date type.

Returns

A date type of value.

Examples

The query below converts the string "2018-06-06" to a date.

Value result = await client.Query(
  ToDate("2018-06-06")
);

IResult<Value> data = result.To<Value>();
data.Match(
  Success: value => Console.WriteLine($"{value}"),
  Failure: error => Console.WriteLine($"Query failed:\n{error}")
);
FaunaDate(2018-06-06 12:00:00 AM)
result, _ := client.Query(ToDate("2018-06-06"))
fmt.PrintLn(result)
{0 63663840000 <nil>}
System.out.println(
    client.query(
        ToDate(Value("2018-06-06"))
    ).get());
2018-06-06
client.query(
  q.ToDate('2018-06-06')
)
.then((ret) => console.log(ret))
Date("2018-06-06")
print(client.query(
  q.to_date("2018-06-06")
))
2018-06-06
println(Await.result(
  client.query(
    ToDate("2018-06-06")
  ),
  5.seconds
))
2018-06-06

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