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# DateFormat

Evaluates a date value and extracts datetime components in the specified format

**Category:** `date`

**Syntax:**

```
DateFormat([date_column], "format")
```

**Returns:** `String`

**Context Filtering:** ✗ No

## Parameters

| Name          | Type                 | Required | Description                                                                         |
| ------------- | -------------------- | -------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `date_column` | `column or datetime` | ✓ Yes    | The date or column of date values to format                                         |
| `format`      | `text`               | ✓ Yes    | The datetime format string, using date format specifier (e.g. %Y, %m, %d, %H, etc.) |

**Allowed Column Types for `date_column`:** DATE, DATETIME

## Validation

* Minimum parameters: 2
* Maximum parameters: 2

## Examples

```
DateFormat([OrderDate], "%Y-%m-%d")
```

Formats date as YYYY-MM-DD

```
DateFormat(Date("2023-07-15"), "%B %d, %Y")
```

Formats literal date to e.g. July 15, 2023