DateFormatter does nor work as expected

[Adrian Gaberell]

Hi

I'm trying to create a specific Date in a Confluence user-macro:

#set($dateString = "2025-01-01")
#set($dateFormat = $action.getDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd"))
#set($date = $dateFormat.parse($dateString))
<p>date: $date .getTime()</p>

#set( $currentDate = $action.dateFormatter.getCalendar())
<p>currentDate: $currentDate.getTime()</p>

gives the following output:

date: $date.getTime()

currentDate: Thu Aug 14 08:43:04 UTC 2025

why is the 1st block with a "custom" date not working?

i also tried this:

#set($newDate = $action.dateFormatter.getCalendar().Builder().setDate(2025,1,1).build())
<p>newDate: $newDate.getTime()</p>

but this doesn't work neither:

newDate: $newDate.getTime()

[Fabio Racobaldo _Catworkx_]

Hi @Adrian Gaberell ,

dateFormatter that you are trying to use has the following methods https://docs.atlassian.com/atlassian-confluence/6.6.0/com/atlassian/confluence/core/DateFormatter.html

if you use something like 

#set($date = $content.getCreationDate())
<p>date: $action.dateFormatter.formatGivenString("yyyy-MM", $date)</p>

it works.

BTW, if you need to create a custom date object in your macro, my suggestion is to develop a macro through an app in whic you can use your java code (https://developer.atlassian.com/server/confluence/writing-confluence-plugins/ )

Hope this clarify,

Fabio