Parse DateTime

this action parses a datetime datetime value from a string string , based on a custom format specification inputs & outputs \[ i ] string string value to parse from \[ i ] language language used in the input string for month names and days of the week drop down drop down with multiple languages \[ i ] format string string containing the datetime datetime format specification \[ o ] date parsed datetime datetime value example usage drag action onto the canvas to get familiarized with it declare some variables to be used with the action assign the newly created variables save & run the process and then check instance to see the output use cases extracting datetime datetime values from bodies of text coming from any source translating month names or days of the week from one language to another using the parse datetime and format datetime actions together tips the format field uses standard net format specifiers which are documented here the language selector picks which language should be used when the wanted format contains month names june (uk) 🆚 iunie (ro) 🆚 juin (fr) days of the week monday (uk) 🆚 luni (ro) 🆚 lundi (fr) abbreviations make sure to escape letters used as format specifiers using quotes otherwise those letters will be treated as placeholders for datetime datetime fields and the action will fail when attempting to parse