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"Date" (Interpreter Type)

Date in any standard format or in natural language.

Details

  • "Date" can be used in Interpreter and related constructs, including deployed smart form fields.
  • Use of "Date" requires connectivity to the Wolfram Cloud.

Allowed Forms

  • 2010/21/04year/day/month
    21/04/2010day/month/year
    04/21/2010month/day/year
    2010/04/21year/month/day
    Sep 14, 1756comma separated
    1989-11-13hyphen separated
    todaydates in natural language
    jan 1stdates including natural language
    1989just a year
    marchjust a month
    apr 2011a specific month
    9 shaban 1435an Islamic date
    26 Kislev 5775a Jewish date

Restriction Specifications

Interpretation

Examples

Basic Examples  (4)

Interpret dates:

Wolfram Language code: Interpreter["Date"]["04/21/1982"]
Wolfram Language code: Interpreter["Date"]["20100410"]

Interpret dates in natural language:

Wolfram Language code: Interpreter["Date"]["yesterday"]

Restrict the value to be within a given range:

Wolfram Language code: Interpreter[Restricted["Date", {Today, Today + Quantity[1, "Week"]}]]["tomorrow"]

Discover dates in text:

Wolfram Language code: SemanticImportString["Apr. 2, 2010; Aug. 3, 1975; Nov. 14, 1979", "Date", "Columns"]

Interpret dates in a number of different formats and calendars:

Wolfram Language code: Interpreter["Date"]["april 2, 2010"]
Wolfram Language code: Interpreter["Date"]["2013/11/12"]
Wolfram Language code: Interpreter["Date"]["year 2012"]
Wolfram Language code: Interpreter["Date"]["ramadan 2001"]

Set a resolution:

Wolfram Language code: Interpreter[Restricted["Date", {DateObject[{2014}], DateObject[{2017}], "Year"}]]["2015"]
Wolfram Language code: Interpreter[Restricted["Date", {DateObject[{2014}], DateObject[{2017}], "Year"}]]["March 17, 2015"]

Dates that involve a time are not accepted:

Wolfram Language code: Interpreter["Date"]["march 9, 2013 9pm"]