Dates: Convert a date-time to a date

Use this action to convert a date-time to a date.

Use case

The Dates: Convert a date-time to a date action enables a user to take a date-time and transfer it to a date. For example, if a date-time needs to be converted to a date before being added to a spreadsheet, this action can convert the date-time to a date.

This action can help you ensure that a field is in the correct format, before using additional actions that require that format

How to configure this action

Fields for this action

• Input date-time

  • A date-time to convert, inputted or in the {{field-names}} format
    • For example, 2018-07-12T19:37:19.770Z

• Timezone identifier

  • The timezone identifier based on location
  • For example, ‘America/Chicago’ would represent US Central Time
  • You can browse our list of valid timezone identifiers

• Output field name

  • The name of the field in which the result should be saved. The step name is used by default.

What will this output?

The output will be a date field that is titled Output field name. The output will be in the format of July 12, 2018.