Date
Parameter Values
Date parameter values are parsed using a Pattern
determined by the loadmaster.ws.useServerTimezone vmparam value. When the vmparam is set to true,
the pattern is yyyyMMddHHmmss and when it is false, the pattern is yyyyMMddHHmmssZ.
Currently, this vmparam is set to false.
Omitted parameters evaluate as null.
| Letters |
Date or Time Component |
Example |
yyyy |
Year |
2020 |
MM |
Month in year |
07 |
dd |
Day in month |
04 |
HH |
Hour in day (0-23) |
08 |
mm |
Minute in hour |
05 |
ss |
Second in minute |
00 |
Z |
Time zone (RFC 822) |
-0500 |
Response Values
A Date field is formatted using a SimpleDateFormat instance.
XML
This widget has a create_date of August 16, 2016 5:01PM CDT.
<widget id="1" create_date="20160816170100-0500"/>
JSON
This widget has a create_date of August 16, 2016 5:01PM CDT.
{"__type":"widget", "id":"1", "create_date":"20160816170100-0500"}
Request Body Values
Within a request body, services also accept LoadMaster™/PowerBroker™ date shortcut patterns.
n - now (today at current time)t - todaym - first day of current monthw - first day of current weekq - first day of current quartery - first day of current yearme - last day of current monthwe - last day of current weekqe - last day of current quarterye - last day of current year
Simple addition and subtraction on these values is supported. For example, use t1 for tomorrow and
t-7 for one week ago.
Except for n (now), by default shortcut patterns use midnight 0000 for the time component.
To specify the time component, include the hours and minutes as two digits each in military time (between 0000 and 2359).
For example, to specify tomorrow at 1:30PM, use t1 1330.
See also