elixir string to date
To convert a string to a date in Elixir, you can use the DateTime.from_iso8601/1
function from the DateTime
module. This function expects the string to be in the ISO 8601 format, which is the standard format for representing dates and times.
Here's an example:
date_string = "2023-11-29T12:34:56Z"
{:ok, datetime} = DateTime.from_iso8601(date_string)
In the above example, date_string
is a string representing a date and time in ISO 8601 format. The DateTime.from_iso8601/1
function is used to convert this string to a DateTime
struct. The function returns a tuple {:ok, datetime}
where datetime
is the converted date and time in the form of a DateTime
struct.
If the string does not match the expected format, the function will return {:error, reason}
where reason
is a string describing the error.
That's it! You have now converted a string to a date using Elixir.