Formats date to a string based on the requested format.

format string can be composed of the following elements:

'yyyy': 4 digit representation of year (e.g. AD 1 => 0001, AD 2010 => 2010)
'yy': 2 digit representation of year, padded (00-99). (e.g. AD 2001 => 01, AD 2010 => 10)
'y': 1 digit representation of year, e.g. (AD 1 => 1, AD 199 => 199)
'MMMM': Month in year (January-December)
'MMM': Month in year (Jan-Dec)
'MM': Month in year, padded (01-12)
'M': Month in year (1-12)
'dd': Day in month, padded (01-31)
'd': Day in month (1-31)
'EEEE': Day in Week,(Sunday-Saturday)
'EEE': Day in Week, (Sun-Sat)
'HH': Hour in day, padded (00-23)
'H': Hour in day (0-23)
'hh': Hour in AM/PM, padded (01-12)
'h': Hour in AM/PM, (1-12)
'mm': Minute in hour, padded (00-59)
'm': Minute in hour (0-59)
'ss': Second in minute, padded (00-59)
's': Second in minute (0-59)
'sss': Millisecond in second, padded (000-999)
'a': AM/PM marker
'Z': 4 digit (+sign) representation of the timezone offset (-1200-+1200)
'ww': Week of year, padded (00-53). Week 01 is the week with the first Thursday of the year
'w': Week of year (0-53). Week 1 is the week with the first Thursday of the year
'G', 'GG', 'GGG': The abbreviated form of the era string (e.g. 'AD')
'GGGG': The long form of the era string (e.g. 'Anno Domini')

format string can also be one of the following predefined localizable formats:
'medium': equivalent to 'MMM d, y h:mm:ss a' for en_US locale (e.g. Sep 3, 2010 12:05:08 PM)
'short': equivalent to 'M/d/yy h:mm a' for en_US locale (e.g. 9/3/10 12:05 PM)
'fullDate': equivalent to 'EEEE, MMMM d, y' for en_US locale (e.g. Friday, September 3, 2010)
'longDate': equivalent to 'MMMM d, y' for en_US locale (e.g. September 3, 2010)
'mediumDate': equivalent to 'MMM d, y' for en_US locale (e.g. Sep 3, 2010)
'shortDate': equivalent to 'M/d/yy' for en_US locale (e.g. 9/3/10)
'mediumTime': equivalent to 'h:mm:ss a' for en_US locale (e.g. 12:05:08 PM)
'shortTime': equivalent to 'h:mm a' for en_US locale (e.g. 12:05 PM)

format string can contain literal values. These need to be escaped by surrounding with single quotes (e.g. "h 'in the morning'"). In order to output a single quote, escape it - i.e., two single quotes in a sequence (e.g. "h 'o''clock'").

Usage

In HTML Template Binding

{{ date_expression | date : format : timezone}}

In JavaScript

$filter('date')(date, format, timezone)

Arguments

Param	Type	Details
date	Date number string	Date to format either as Date object, milliseconds (string or number) or various ISO 8601 datetime string formats (e.g. yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss.sssZ and its shorter versions like yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mmZ, yyyy-MM-dd or yyyyMMddTHHmmssZ). If no timezone is specified in the string input, the time is considered to be in the local timezone.
format (optional)	string	Formatting rules (see Description). If not specified, `mediumDate` is used.
timezone (optional)	string	Timezone to be used for formatting. It understands UTC/GMT and the continental US time zone abbreviations, but for general use, use a time zone offset, for example, `'+0430'` (4 hours, 30 minutes east of the Greenwich meridian) If not specified, the timezone of the browser will be used.

Returns

string

Formatted string or the input if input is not recognized as date/millis.

Example

Edit in Plunker

<span ng-non-bindable>{{1288323623006 | date:'medium'}}</span>:
    <span>{{1288323623006 | date:'medium'}}</span><br>
<span ng-non-bindable>{{1288323623006 | date:'yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss Z'}}</span>:
   <span>{{1288323623006 | date:'yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss Z'}}</span><br>
<span ng-non-bindable>{{1288323623006 | date:'MM/dd/yyyy @ h:mma'}}</span>:
   <span>{{'1288323623006' | date:'MM/dd/yyyy @ h:mma'}}</span><br>
<span ng-non-bindable>{{1288323623006 | date:"MM/dd/yyyy 'at' h:mma"}}</span>:
   <span>{{'1288323623006' | date:"MM/dd/yyyy 'at' h:mma"}}</span><br>

it('should format date', function() {
  expect(element(by.binding("1288323623006 | date:'medium'")).getText()).
     toMatch(/Oct 2\d, 2010 \d{1,2}:\d{2}:\d{2} (AM|PM)/);
  expect(element(by.binding("1288323623006 | date:'yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss Z'")).getText()).
     toMatch(/2010\-10\-2\d \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2} (\-|\+)?\d{4}/);
  expect(element(by.binding("'1288323623006' | date:'MM/dd/yyyy @ h:mma'")).getText()).
     toMatch(/10\/2\d\/2010 @ \d{1,2}:\d{2}(AM|PM)/);
  expect(element(by.binding("'1288323623006' | date:\"MM/dd/yyyy 'at' h:mma\"")).getText()).
     toMatch(/10\/2\d\/2010 at \d{1,2}:\d{2}(AM|PM)/);
});