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number dateParse(text, pattern, timeZone, language)
Returns a timestamp in timeZone parsed from text formatted according to pattern in language.
Pattern symbols with special meaning:
| Symbol | Component | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| G | Era | AD |
| y | Year | 2014 |
| M | Month | July; Jul; 07; 7 |
| w | Week in year | 27 |
| W | Week in month | 2 |
| D | Day in year | 189 |
| d | Day in month (1-31) | 10 |
| E | Day of week | Tuesday; Tue; T |
| F | Day of week in month (2nd Wed in July) | 2 |
| H | Hour in day (0-23) | 0 |
| k | Hour in day (1-24) | 24 |
| K | Hour in am/pm (0-11) | 0 |
| h | Hour in am/pm (1-12) | 12 |
| a | Am/pm marker | PM |
| m | Minute in hour | 30 |
| s | Second in minute | 55 |
| S | Millisecond | 978 |
| Z | Time zone offset | -0800 |
| z | Time zone name | Pacific Standard Time; PST; GMT-08:00 |
| ' | Avoid interpretation | 'day' d |
| '' | Single quote | ''o'clock' |
Note! Use timeZone "UTC" when parsing time only into an timestamp “time of day”, seconds since midnight, value as used by most blocks.
null if parse failed.