topic Re: Difference between Date Format on AGOL Map and embedded map on website in ArcGIS JavaScript Maps SDK Questions

Difference between Date Format on AGOL Map and embedded map on website

BrendanCunningham1 — Wed, 07 Aug 2019 11:06:52 GMT

I have a web map in AGOL where the date attribute is set to display at DD/MM/YYYY. When I test this in AGOL it works fine. However when I use the JS API V4.12 to embed the web map onto my website it reverts to the default date format, MM/DD/YYYY.

See attached.

Does the popup date format need to be forced to DD/MM/YYYY in the embedded map using JS, if so how is this achieved?

Many thanks.

Re: Difference between Date Format on AGOL Map and embedded map on website

BenElan — Wed, 07 Aug 2019 15:13:16 GMT

You can use a Popup Template: PopupTemplate | ArcGIS API for JavaScript 4.12

To specify a date format: FieldInfoFormat | ArcGIS API for JavaScript 4.12

Here is an example of how to create and use a popup template: ArcGIS API for JavaScript Sandbox

Re: Difference between Date Format on AGOL Map and embedded map on website

Noah-Sager — Wed, 07 Aug 2019 15:23:44 GMT

Formatting the popup content is a good idea.

Another thought is that it looks like you might have specified some localization in Portal/AGO? I believe this would account for the DD/MM/YYYY format. Either that or AGO is smart enough to recognize the date format of the region you are connecting from.

Set language and region—ArcGIS Online Help | ArcGIS

In the JS API app, you could try using the English (en) locale to see if the European date format persists

Localization | ArcGIS API for JavaScript 4.12

Lastly, you could construct an arcade expression in the popup to display the date in a logical format.

Date Functions | ArcGIS for Developers

Re: Difference between Date Format on AGOL Map and embedded map on website

BrendanCunningham1 — Thu, 08 Aug 2019 12:48:46 GMT

Thanks all,

I made some headway with this approach:
<script> // set locale before JSAPI is loaded dojoConfig = { locale: "ja", parseOnLoad: true }; </script>
insofar as the date format changed... but I couldn't get the proper date DD/MM/YYYY to display.

In the end I reverted to one of the other date options in the web map "December 21 1997" and that sufficed.

It's a confusing one as it doesn't seem easy to trace to an exact cause.

Thanks for your help.

Re: Difference between Date Format on AGOL Map and embedded map on website

Anonymous User — Wed, 26 Aug 2020 02:59:39 GMT

I think as a community we need to have something like this idea

ESRI default date JSON display format across entire suite of platforms