Timeformat

This reference explains how to format the timeFormat parameter in the logging section of the aqishare, as well as the script parameter for Tasks either invoking RFC or REST.

Reference Time Layout

Mon Jan 2 15:04:05 MST 2006

Formatting the current date with the layout above returns: Wed Oct 30 10:54:50 UTC 2024

Below is a reference of all available layouts to be used:

Required Part of Date	Use Layout	Layout results based on current date
Year	2006 or 06	Layout 2006 returns 2024 Layout 06 returns 24
Month	Jan or January or 01 or 1	Jan: Oct January: October 01: 10 1: 10
Day of the week	Mon or Monday	Mon: Wed Monday: Wednesday
Day of the month	2 (without padding) or _2 (with leading space) or 02 (with leading zero)	2: 30 _2: 30 02: 30
Day of the year	__2 (two leading digits) or 002 (with leading zeros)	__2: 304 304
Hour	15 (24-h format) or 3 (12-h format without leading zero) or 03 (with leading zero)	15: 10 3: 10 03:
Minute	4 (without leading zero) or 04 (with leading zero)	4: 54 04: 54
Second	5 (without leading zero) or 05 (with leading zero)	5: 50 05: 50
AM/PM mark	PM	PM: AM

Examples

Format Date to SAP standard format

In SAP ABAP, the type for date fields is DATS, which stores calendar dates in the format YYYYMMDD. To format a date to match this definition, use the following layout.

Timeformat Layout for SAP Dates

20060102

The layout for SAP dates, used with the Format() function, would look like this: Format('20060102', now) and it returns the current date in SAP's DATS format: 20241030