Date formating in QGIS expression





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My expression day(now()) || '/' || month(now()) || '/' || year(now()) returns current date as 15/4/2019, but I want to get the date in dd/mm/yyyy format i.e. 15/04/2019, how can I get it. QGIS desktop version 2.18.12.










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    My expression day(now()) || '/' || month(now()) || '/' || year(now()) returns current date as 15/4/2019, but I want to get the date in dd/mm/yyyy format i.e. 15/04/2019, how can I get it. QGIS desktop version 2.18.12.










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      My expression day(now()) || '/' || month(now()) || '/' || year(now()) returns current date as 15/4/2019, but I want to get the date in dd/mm/yyyy format i.e. 15/04/2019, how can I get it. QGIS desktop version 2.18.12.










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      My expression day(now()) || '/' || month(now()) || '/' || year(now()) returns current date as 15/4/2019, but I want to get the date in dd/mm/yyyy format i.e. 15/04/2019, how can I get it. QGIS desktop version 2.18.12.







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          You need to use the format_date expression.



          format_date(now(),'dd/MM/yyyy')


          Please read the documentation of the format_date expression in QGIS Expression dialog to have all possibilities.



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          • It returns date like 15/53/2019....which is impossible.

            – Keshav Sharma
            yesterday











          • QGIS 2.18.12 is very old. The last of the 2.18 is 2.18.28 from January 2019. Maybe a bug has been fixed in the mean time? And QGIS 2.18 is not maintained anymore. Do you have the MM expression in your expression dialog documentation?

            – etrimaille
            yesterday











          • Yeah, 'MM' seems to be working fine, I think 2.18 wrongly reads 'mm'.

            – Keshav Sharma
            yesterday











          • Thankyou for your help.

            – Keshav Sharma
            yesterday











          • MM is working fine for me on 2.18.28

            – etrimaille
            yesterday












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          You need to use the format_date expression.



          format_date(now(),'dd/MM/yyyy')


          Please read the documentation of the format_date expression in QGIS Expression dialog to have all possibilities.



          enter image description here






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          • It returns date like 15/53/2019....which is impossible.

            – Keshav Sharma
            yesterday











          • QGIS 2.18.12 is very old. The last of the 2.18 is 2.18.28 from January 2019. Maybe a bug has been fixed in the mean time? And QGIS 2.18 is not maintained anymore. Do you have the MM expression in your expression dialog documentation?

            – etrimaille
            yesterday











          • Yeah, 'MM' seems to be working fine, I think 2.18 wrongly reads 'mm'.

            – Keshav Sharma
            yesterday











          • Thankyou for your help.

            – Keshav Sharma
            yesterday











          • MM is working fine for me on 2.18.28

            – etrimaille
            yesterday
















          5














          You need to use the format_date expression.



          format_date(now(),'dd/MM/yyyy')


          Please read the documentation of the format_date expression in QGIS Expression dialog to have all possibilities.



          enter image description here






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          • It returns date like 15/53/2019....which is impossible.

            – Keshav Sharma
            yesterday











          • QGIS 2.18.12 is very old. The last of the 2.18 is 2.18.28 from January 2019. Maybe a bug has been fixed in the mean time? And QGIS 2.18 is not maintained anymore. Do you have the MM expression in your expression dialog documentation?

            – etrimaille
            yesterday











          • Yeah, 'MM' seems to be working fine, I think 2.18 wrongly reads 'mm'.

            – Keshav Sharma
            yesterday











          • Thankyou for your help.

            – Keshav Sharma
            yesterday











          • MM is working fine for me on 2.18.28

            – etrimaille
            yesterday














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          You need to use the format_date expression.



          format_date(now(),'dd/MM/yyyy')


          Please read the documentation of the format_date expression in QGIS Expression dialog to have all possibilities.



          enter image description here






          share|improve this answer













          You need to use the format_date expression.



          format_date(now(),'dd/MM/yyyy')


          Please read the documentation of the format_date expression in QGIS Expression dialog to have all possibilities.



          enter image description here







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          • It returns date like 15/53/2019....which is impossible.

            – Keshav Sharma
            yesterday











          • QGIS 2.18.12 is very old. The last of the 2.18 is 2.18.28 from January 2019. Maybe a bug has been fixed in the mean time? And QGIS 2.18 is not maintained anymore. Do you have the MM expression in your expression dialog documentation?

            – etrimaille
            yesterday











          • Yeah, 'MM' seems to be working fine, I think 2.18 wrongly reads 'mm'.

            – Keshav Sharma
            yesterday











          • Thankyou for your help.

            – Keshav Sharma
            yesterday











          • MM is working fine for me on 2.18.28

            – etrimaille
            yesterday



















          • It returns date like 15/53/2019....which is impossible.

            – Keshav Sharma
            yesterday











          • QGIS 2.18.12 is very old. The last of the 2.18 is 2.18.28 from January 2019. Maybe a bug has been fixed in the mean time? And QGIS 2.18 is not maintained anymore. Do you have the MM expression in your expression dialog documentation?

            – etrimaille
            yesterday











          • Yeah, 'MM' seems to be working fine, I think 2.18 wrongly reads 'mm'.

            – Keshav Sharma
            yesterday











          • Thankyou for your help.

            – Keshav Sharma
            yesterday











          • MM is working fine for me on 2.18.28

            – etrimaille
            yesterday

















          It returns date like 15/53/2019....which is impossible.

          – Keshav Sharma
          yesterday





          It returns date like 15/53/2019....which is impossible.

          – Keshav Sharma
          yesterday













          QGIS 2.18.12 is very old. The last of the 2.18 is 2.18.28 from January 2019. Maybe a bug has been fixed in the mean time? And QGIS 2.18 is not maintained anymore. Do you have the MM expression in your expression dialog documentation?

          – etrimaille
          yesterday





          QGIS 2.18.12 is very old. The last of the 2.18 is 2.18.28 from January 2019. Maybe a bug has been fixed in the mean time? And QGIS 2.18 is not maintained anymore. Do you have the MM expression in your expression dialog documentation?

          – etrimaille
          yesterday













          Yeah, 'MM' seems to be working fine, I think 2.18 wrongly reads 'mm'.

          – Keshav Sharma
          yesterday





          Yeah, 'MM' seems to be working fine, I think 2.18 wrongly reads 'mm'.

          – Keshav Sharma
          yesterday













          Thankyou for your help.

          – Keshav Sharma
          yesterday





          Thankyou for your help.

          – Keshav Sharma
          yesterday













          MM is working fine for me on 2.18.28

          – etrimaille
          yesterday





          MM is working fine for me on 2.18.28

          – etrimaille
          yesterday










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