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"DateTime" (Interpreter Type)

Date with time in any standard format or in natural language.

Details

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

Allowed Forms

  • All the date specifications allowed by "Date" combined with the time specifications allowed by "Time":
  • 1988/11/23 9:30:34date time
    15:45 June 30th, 1899 ADtime date
    2014-05-20T17:42:55ISO formats
    today @ 1 o'clocknatural language

Restriction Specifications

Interpretation

Examples

Basic Examples  (3)

Interpret dates with time:

Wolfram Language code: Interpreter["DateTime"]["Friday, February 28, 2014, 10:30:00 AM GMT"]

Interpret dates with time in natural language:

Wolfram Language code: Interpreter["DateTime"]["now"]

Restrict the value to be within a given range:

Wolfram Language code: Interpreter[Restricted["DateTime", {Today, Today + Quantity[2, "Day"]}]]["tomorrow at 3 pm"]

Set a resolution of minutes:

Wolfram Language code: Interpreter[Restricted["DateTime", {-Infinity, Now, "Minute"}]]["21:15 January 12th, 1990"]

Pure dates or pure times are not accepted:

Wolfram Language code: Interpreter["DateTime"]["1989/12/03"]
Wolfram Language code: Interpreter["DateTime"]["8 pm"]