FHIRPath Function: toDateTime

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Summary

• Category: Conversion
• Section: 5.5.5.1
• Return Type: DateTime
• Empty Input Result: empty
• Errors on Multiple Input: true

Description

If the input collection contains a single item, this function will return a single datetime if the item is a DateTime, a Date, or a String convertible to a DateTime.

Arguments

• format (optional): String - Optional format template for parsing string input (STU). Uses date/datetime format codes when provided instead of the default format.

Type Mapping

• DateTime-DateTime
• Date-DateTime
• String-DateTime

Example

'2022-01-01T12:00:00Z'.toDateTime() // returns @2022-01-01T12:00:00Z