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General

You can find all variables that you can use here, depending on the document type:

If you want to get a deeper technology background, have a look at the Apache FreeMarker Library.

Date formatting

For example, formatting the current date:

${.now?string["dd.MM.YYYY"]} //returns 01.01.2022
${.now?string["d. MMMM YYYY"]} //returns 1. January 2022

See details about formatting
Format Definition

Month

M

Month, from 1 through 12

MM

Two digit month, from 01 through 12

MMM

Abbreviated name of the month, for example: Jan, Feb, etc.

MMMM

Full name of the month, for example: January, February, etc.

Day

d

Day of the month from 1 through 31

dd

Day of the month from 01 through 31

ddd

Standard abbreviation for the day of the week, for example: Mon, Tue, etc.

dddd

Full name of the day of the week, for example: Monday, Tuesday, etc.

Year

y

Year from 0 to 99

yy

Year from 00 to 99

yyy

Year with minimum of 3 digits

yyyy

Year as a four digit number

Hour

h

Hour using 12-hour clock from 1 - 12

hh

Hour using 12-hour clock from 01 - 12

H

Hour using 24-hour clock from 0 - 24

HH

Hour using 24-hour clock from 00 - 24

Minute

m

Hour using 12-hour clock from 1 - 12

mm

Hour using 12-hour clock from 01 - 12

Second

s

Second, from 0 through 59

ss

Second, from 00 through 59

Other

t

First character of the AM/PM designator

tt

AM/PM designator

T

A literal to separate date and time in 8061 or other formats

z

Hours offset from UTC, with no leading zeros — Example: -5 or +530

zz

Hours offset from UTC, with leading zero — Example: -05 or +0530

zzz

Hours and minutes offset from UTC, with leading zeros — Example -0500 or +0530

g or gg

Period or era, such as A.D.

K

Zone information

Lists

If you want to repeat something, for example, all products in an offer.

[#list products as product]
    // Use "product" for one product
[/#list]

Sorting

You can sort lists directly in the export, for example to display all products, sorted by the field start.

[#list products?sort_by('start') as product]
    // the products get listed, sorted by "start"
[/#list]