Introduction

This UTC Date Pack contains a date picker form element as well as a date formatter that offers a range of versatile date-saving functions, including the ability to convert a date value to a custom timezone.

Installing the plugin into Joget DX

in the Joget DX platform, go to settings > click on manage plugin > click on upload plugin > select the .jar file > upload

Plugin Usage

in the form builder, drag and drop the UTC Date Picker element into the form just like as shown in Figure 1.

UTC Date Pack Plugin Properties

UTC Date Picker Properties

figure 2: UTC Date Picker Properties

Name	Description
Label	Element Label to be displayed to the end-user.
ID	Element ID (By declaring as "date", a corresponding database table column "c_date" will be created) Please see Form Element for more information about defining the ID and list of reserved IDs.
Allow Manual Input	Rather than using the calendar picker, a user may key in the date directly if checked.
Type	New date picker property to define the field type as: Date Only Date and Time Time Only

Advanced Option

Data

Name Description

Default Value

Default Value when there's no existing value found/selected.

The hash variable is accepted here. For example, you may key the following.

#date.dd-MM-yyyy#

Data Format The Data Format uses the Java date syntax. For example, the yyyy-MM-dd displays as 2019-10-23.
Reference: https://github.com/phstc/jquery-dateFormat

Using 24hr format

Checked for 24 Hours format.

Unchecked for 12 Hours format.

Store Date in UTC Stores the date In UTC format.

Show User Time Zone Shows the Users current Time Zone.

Validation

Name	Description
Validator	Attach a Validator plugin to validate the input value. Please see Form Validator. When will validation takes place? Validation will take place whenever a form is submitted except when it is submitted as "Save as Draft"
Start Date Field ID	This option should be used in conjunction with "Set Current Date As".
End Date Field ID	This option should be used in conjunction with "Set Current Date As".
Set Current Date As	Choices of:- Minimum Date Maximum Date

UI

Name	Description
Display Format	The Display Format uses the jQuery date syntax. For example, the yy-M-dd displays as 2019-10-23. Reference: https://github.com/phstc/jquery-dateFormat When this field is left empty, the following will be considered. If the current locale starts with "zh", the format will be set as "yy-mm-dd". If "Using Locate Date Format" is set in General Settings, date format based on current user's locale will be used. Otherwise, it will use "M/dd/yy".
Date Picker Year Range	Range of years to be shown In essence, the value left of the colon ":" must be a negative number and on the right must be a positive number. It indicates to Joget Workflow how many years earlier and how many years forward to display in the year select box based on the selected year. A value of "c-0:c+0" is also valid, this indicates to the user that he cannot change the year value (it will default to the current system year). Sample - Show 10 years before and after `c-10:c+10` Sample - Show specific year range `2000:2020`
Readonly	Determines if the element is editable.
Display field as Label when readonly?	Displays the value of the element as plain text when an element is set to "Readonly".

Workflow

Name Description

Workflow Variable

If the form is part of a workflow process, upon saving of the form (by clicking on "Save as Draft" or "Complete" button). The value in this input field will be saved into the corresponding workflow variable named here.

Using a non-existent Workflow Variable name

You will get the following warning with the name printed out (e.g. status) in the server log if you attempt to map to a non-existent Workflow Variable.

context attribute status does not exist in process context - adding new attributes to the process context is not allowed

UTC Date Formatter Properties

figure 7: UTC Date Formatter Properties

Name	Description
Data Date Format	Set to follow your Joget System Settings > System Date Format, for example "dd-MM-yyyy hh:mm aa". Use the Java date format. (Example: "yyyy-MM-dd" for "2011-06-11") Read the Date Format Pattern Syntax documentation for a list of date formats you can use.
Display Date Format	Use Java date format. (Example: "dd/MM/yyyy" for "11/06/2011") Read the Date Format Pattern Syntax documentation for a list of date formats you can use. When this field is left empty, the following will be considered. If current locale starts with "zh", the format will be set as "yyyy-MM-dd". If "Using Locate Date Format" is set in General Settings, date format based on current user's locale will be used. Otherwise, it will use "MM/dd/yyyy".
Conversion	Display a list of options that will change the date format based on the option chosen. Available options: change format Value Stored in UTC, convert to current user's timezone Value Stored in UTC, convert to custom timezone Value stored in server timezone, convert to UTC timezone
Timezone	Components within this category are only visible when the "value stored in UTC, convert to custom timezone" option is chosen. Timezone options are dynamically populated through the List of Time Zones

Example

In Figure 8, the UTC Date Picker will open with the current month and year preselected by default. Users can choose their desired date, hour, and minute.

figure 8: UTC Date Picker Example

Additionally, Users can also click on the "now" button which will get the current date and time of the User's timezone

figure 9: UTC Date Picker Example 2

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