date
Converts a timestamp into another date format. The format for this syntax is the same as strftime
. The input uses the same format as Ruby’s Time.parse
.
Input
{{ article.published_at | date: "%a, %b %d, %y" }}
Output
Fri, Jul 17, 15
Input
{{ article.published_at | date: "%Y" }}
Output
2015
date
works on strings if they contain well-formatted dates.
Input
{{ "March 14, 2016" | date: "%b %d, %y" }}
Output
Mar 14, 16
To get the current time, pass the special word "now"
(or "today"
) to date
.
Input
This page was last updated at {{ "now" | date: "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M" }}.
Output
This page was last updated at 2024-10-23 00:46.
Note that the value will be the current time of when the page was last generated from the template, not when the page is presented to a user if caching or static site generation is involved.