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toLocalDateTimeOrNull

toLocalDateTimeOrNull(str: String, formatters: Array<Formatter>): LocalDateTime | Null

Transforms a String value into a LocalDateTime value using the first Formatter that matches with the given value to transform.

If none of the Formatter matches with the given value, the function returns a null value.

Introduced in DataWeave version 2.5.0.

Parameters

Name Type Description

str

String

The String value to transform into a LocalDateTime value.

formatters

Array<Formatter>

The array of formatting to use on the LocalDateTime value.

Example

This example shows how toLocalDateTimeOrNull behaves with different inputs. It produces output in the application/dw format.

Source

%dw 2.0
import * from dw::util::Coercions
output application/dw
---
{
  a: toLocalDateTimeOrNull("2003-10-01 23:57:59", [{format: "uuuu/MM/dd HH:mm:ss"}, {format: "uuuu-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"}]),
  b: toLocalDateTimeOrNull("2003-10-01 23:57:59", [{format: "uuuu/MM/dd HH:mm:ss"}])
}

Output

{
  a: |2003-10-01T23:57:59| as LocalDateTime {format: "uuuu-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"},
  b: null
}