Returns the date from a specified field based on the current record.

Detailed Attributes ( version 0.8.7.x)

Attributes	Description
alignment	Sets the horizontal justification of the text based on a defined width. Type: String Default Value: left Values: left \| center \| right
color	Sets the font color by using RGB-triplet (#ffffff for white; #ff0000 for red, etc) or from list of the predefined colors below. Type: String Default Value: black Predefined Values: black \| blue\| cyan \| darkGray \| gray \| green \| lightGray \| magenta \| orange \| pink \| red \| white \| yellow
dynamic	A dynamic element increases the height of the element to fit the content of that element. Computing that dynamic height is expensive, so use it with care.
excel-format	When outputting to Excel, use another date/number format. The format is excel-specific and defined in the Excel-Help. If it is invalid, the resulting excel file might be unreadable. . If no format is specified here, the Java format string is used (as defined by the 'format' attribute). Type: String
excel-wrap-text	When outputting to Excel, sets the text to word wrap. Type: Boolean Default Value: true
fieldname	The fieldname defines the name of the column of the tablemodel or the name of the function/expression/report property from where to read the data. The field must contain java.util.Date objects.
format	Defines the formatting of the date field based on the Date Formatting Table. MMM dd, yyyy = Dec. 25, 2005 mm/dd/yy = 12/25/05 mm/dd/yy h:m = 12/25/05 8:00 am
font-embedded	Specifies the font to embed into the PDF file. Type: Boolean Default Value: false
font-encoding	Specifies the encoding to be used for the PDF. Type: String
fontname	Sets the font name. Type: String
fontsize	Sets the font size. Type: Integer
fontstyle	Sets font style. This is a shortcut for defining fsbold and fsitalic. Type: String Values: plain \| bold \| italic \| bolditalic
fsbold	Sets font to italics. Type: Boolean Default Value: false
fsitalic	Sets font to italics. Type: Boolean Default Value: false
fsstrikethr	Sets font to strikethrough. Type: Boolean Default Value: false
fsunderline	Sets font to underline. Type: Boolean Default Value: false
height	Determines the minimum height. Value is a whole number where each increment is equivalent to 1/72 of an inch or percentage. Type: Integer The height is requred. If the height is smaller than the font size, no content is printed.
href	Sets a hyperlink for the section. Type: String
line-height	The height of a single text line in text elements. If the line-height is set and is greater than the font size, extra padding will be added between the lines making text more readable. Type: Integer
name	Used to reference the element later. Functions pick up elements by their name. Type: String
nullstring	If the value read from the given field is null or is no instance of 'java.util.Date', replace with a predefined value.
reserve-literal	Determines the text printed when the text does not fit completely into an element. Type: String Default value: "..."
styleClass
trim-text-content	Defines, whether leading and trailing whitespaces of the generated lines get removed. Important for a clean layout. Type: Boolean Default Value: true
vertical-alignment	Sets the vertical position of the text. Default Value: top Values: top \| middle \| bottom
visible	Sets whether the object will be printed. Type: Boolean Default Value: true
width	Set the horizontal width of the object. This attribute is required. If no width is given, nothing gets printed.
x	Defines the horizontal starting position an object defined by a value or percentage.
y	Defines the vertical starting position of an object defined by a value or percentage.

Additional Detailed Attributes ( version 0.8.9.x)

Attributes	Description
avoid-pagebreaks
background-color	Sets the background color by using RGB-triplet (#ffffff for white; #ff0000 for red, etc) or from list of the predefined colors below. Type: String Default Value: black Predefined Values: black \| blue\| cyan \| darkGray \| gray \| green \| lightGray \| magenta \| orange \| pink \| red \| white \| yellow
border-width	Defines the width of the pen used to draw the border line. Type: Integer Default: 1
border-style	Sets the border line style when borders are enabled. Type: String Values: dashed \| solid \| dotted \| dot-dash \| dot-dot-dash
border-color	Sets the border color by using RGB-triplet (#ffffff for white; #ff0000 for red, etc) or from list of the predefined colors below. Type: String Default Value: black Predefined Values: black \| blue\| cyan \| darkGray \| gray \| green \| lightGray \| magenta \| orange \| pink \| red \| white \| yellow
border-top-width	Defines the width of the pen used to draw the top border line. Type: Integer Default: 1
border-left-width	Defines the width of the pen used to draw the left border line. Type: Integer Default: 1
border-bottom-width	Defines the width of the pen used to draw the bottom border line. Type: Integer Default: 1
border-right-width	Defines the width of the pen used to draw the right border line. Type: Integer Default: 1
border-top-style	Sets the top border line style when borders are enabled. Type: String Values: dashed \| solid \| dotted \| dot-dash \| dot-dot-dash
border-left-style	Sets the left border line style when borders are enabled. Type: String Values: dashed \| solid \| dotted \| dot-dash \| dot-dot-dash
border-bottom-style	Sets the bottom border line style when borders are enabled. Type: String Values: dashed \| solid \| dotted \| dot-dash \| dot-dot-dash
border-right-style	Sets the right border line style when borders are enabled. Type: String Values: dashed \| solid \| dotted \| dot-dash \| dot-dot-dash
border-top-color	Sets the top border color by using RGB-triplet (#ffffff for white; #ff0000 for red, etc) or from list of the predefined colors below. Type: String Default Value: black Predefined Values: black \| blue\| cyan \| darkGray \| gray \| green \| lightGray \| magenta \| orange \| pink \| red \| white \| yellow
border-left-color	Sets the left border color by using RGB-triplet (#ffffff for white; #ff0000 for red, etc) or from list of the predefined colors below. Type: String Default Value: black Predefined Values: black \| blue\| cyan \| darkGray \| gray \| green \| lightGray \| magenta \| orange \| pink \| red \| white \| yellow
border-bottom-color	Sets the bottom border color by using RGB-triplet (#ffffff for white; #ff0000 for red, etc) or from list of the predefined colors below. Type: String Default Value: black Predefined Values: black \| blue\| cyan \| darkGray \| gray \| green \| lightGray \| magenta \| orange \| pink \| red \| white \| yellow
border-right-color	Sets the right border color by using RGB-triplet (#ffffff for white; #ff0000 for red, etc) or from list of the predefined colors below. Type: String Default Value: black Predefined Values: black \| blue\| cyan \| darkGray \| gray \| green \| lightGray \| magenta \| orange \| pink \| red \| white \| yellow
border-radius-x	Sets the horizontal radius for all four corner defining the shape of the corner, a quarter ellipse. Type: Integer Default: 0
border-radius-y	Sets the vertical radius for all four corner defining the shape of the corner, a quarter ellipse. Type: Integer Default: 0
border-top-left-radius-x	Sets the horizontal radius for the top left corner defining the shape of the corner, a quarter ellipse. Type: Integer Default: 0
border-top-left-radius-y	Sets the vertical radius for the top left corner defining the shape of the corner, a quarter ellipse. Type: Integer Default: 0
border-top-right-radius-x	Sets the horizontal radius for the top right corner defining the shape of the corner, a quarter ellipse. Type: Integer Default: 0
border-top-right-radius-y	Set the vertical radius for the top right corner defining the shape of the corner, a quarter ellipse. Type: Integer Default: 0
border-bottom-left-radius-x	Set the horizontal radius for the bottom left corner defining the shape of the corner, a quarter ellipse. Type: Integer Default: 0
border-bottom-left-radius-y	Set the vertical radius for the bottom left corner defining the shape of the corner, a quarter ellipse. Type: Integer Default: 0
border-bottom-right-radius-x	Set the horizontal radius for the bottom left corner defining the shape of the corner, a quarter ellipse. Type: Integer Default: 0
border-bottom-right-radius-y	Set the vertical radius for the bottom right corner defining the shape of the corner, a quarter ellipse. Type: Integer Default: 0
fontsmooth
formula
maximum-letter-spacing
minimum-letter-spacing
optimum-letter-spacing
orphans
overflow-x
overflow-y
padding	Sets the white space between all the margins and borders (top, left, bottom, right) and the content. Type: Integer Default: 0
padding-top	Sets the white space between the top margin and top border and the content. Type: Integer Default: 0
padding-left	Sets the white space between the left margin and left border and the content. Type: Integer Default: 0
padding-bottom	Sets the white space between the bottom margin and bottom border and the content. Type: Integer Default: 0
padding-right	Sets the white space between the right margin and right border and the content. Type: Integer Default: 0
style-expression
text-alignment	Sets the horizontal justification of the text based on a defined width. Type: String Default Value: left Values: left \| center \| right
vertical-text-alignment	Sets the vertical text alignment. Type: String Default Value: top Values: top \| middle \| bottom \| baseline \| central \| sub \| super \| text-bottom \| text-top \| use-script
whitespace-collapse
widows
wrap

Date Formatting Table

Symbol	Meaning	Type	Example
G	Era	Text	"GG" -> "AD"
y	Year	Number	"yy" -> "03" "yyyy" -> "2003"
M	Month	Text or Number	"M" -> "7" "M" -> "12" "MM" -> "07" "MMM" -> "Jul" "MMMM" -> "December"
d	Day in month	Number	"d" -> "3" "dd" -> "03"
h	Hour (1-12, AM/PM)	Number	"h" -> "3" "hh" -> "03"
H	Hour (0-23)	Number	"H" -> "15" "HH" -> "15"
k	Hour (1-24)	Number	"k" -> "3" "kk" -> "03"
K	Hour (0-11 AM/PM)	Number	"K" -> "15" "KK" -> "15"
m	Minute	Number	"m" -> "7" "m" -> "15" "mm" -> "15"
s	Second	Number	"s" -> "15" "ss" -> "15"
S	Millisecond (0-999)	Number	"SSS" -> "007"
E	Day in week	Text	"EEE" -> "Tue" "EEEE" -> "Tuesday"
D	Day in year (1-365 or 1-364)	Number	"D" -> "65" "DDD" -> "065"
F	Day of week in month (1-5)	Number	"F" -> "1"
w	Week in year (1-53)	Number	"w" -> "7"
W	Week in month (1-5)	Number	"W" -> "3"
a	AM/PM	Text	"a" -> "AM" "aa" -> "AM"
z	Time zone	Text	"z" -> "EST" "zzz" -> "EST" "zzzz" -> "Eastern Standard Time"
X	Time zone offset	Text	"XXX" -> "-08:00"
'	Escape for text	Delimiter	"'hour' h" -> "hour 9"
''	Single quote	Literal	"ss''SSS" -> "45'876"

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