Convert a string value tag into dateTime

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I have a string value ‘20211228064508000’ in a tag . i want to convert into current date format. I tried to change the data type of tag to Datetime but it didn’t work. Anybody have any solution?

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What does it represent ? Is it 2021 12 28 064508000 ?

Expressions might help you convert it to what you want:
https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Date+and+Time

edit: Actually the proper question would be: Where does the data come from ? How do you get that string ?

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I get that string value from a XML file which is generated by a system . i need to convert this string into datetime format. I tried all the expression but it didn’t work.

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Can you tell us more about its format ? Is it 2021 12 28 + time ?

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system.date.parse() should do the trick depending on exactly how the string is to be interpreted.

For instance:

date_string = '20211228064508000'
print system.date.parse(datestring,'yyyyMMddHHmmssSSS')

prints the following:

Tue Dec 28 06:45:08 EST 2021

Note that I’m in the eastern standard time zone and didn’t supply a locale to the function. If you need to convert timezones, you’ll need to provide a local.

Also, I made an assumption about what the substrings meant, if you provide what the expected result of the parsing should be we can provide a more accurate formatString.

That information can all be found at these places:
https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/system.date.parse
https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Data+Type+Formatting+Reference

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