Convert String to date using Datawave Mule

Question

I want to convert a string "2016-04-09" to a date using datawave mule , any idea guys ?

When i use :

%dw 1.0
%output application/json
---
{
  d1: "2016-04-09" as :date
}

i got SUN Mar 09 00:00:00 CET 2016 as result but i want '2016-04-09' date type instead

Answer 1

尝试使用以下表达式，

foo: "2016-04-09" as :date {class : "java.util.Calendar", format : "yyyy-MM-dd"}

Answer 2

here we go:

%dw 1.0
%output application/json
---
{
    foo: "2016-04-09" as :date
}

also take a look at the documentation .