topic Re: Using Arcade to format date for feature? in ArcGIS Online Questions

Using Arcade to format date for feature?

BaileyDeSimone — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 18:36:08 GMT

Hello,

I have a feature (Incorporation_Date) that, in ArcGIS pro, I set to format 'Month D, YYYY' like the other date columns in my dataset. There are only two map points with this feature, so I use the following expression:

if (IsEmpty($feature.Incorporation_Date)) {

return null;

}

else {"Incorporated on " + ($feature.Incorporation_Date) + " (" + $feature.Incorporation_Citation + ")"}

However, the expression returns the date formatted as YYYY-MM-DD 00:00:00. I attempted to add Text(DateOnly before) the feature to remove the time section, but would like to know how to re-format the date to Month D, YYYY.

Thank you!

Re: Using Arcade to format date for feature?

CodyPatterson — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 18:44:47 GMT

Hey @BaileyDeSimone

From what I'm seeing you're pretty close! Give this a shot here:

if (IsEmpty($feature.Incorporation_Date)) { return null; } else { return "Incorporated on " + Text($feature.Incorporation_Date, "MMMM D, YYYY") + " (" + $feature.Incorporation_Citation + ")"; }

This uses the same Text feature, but assigns the format of the MMMM D YYYY, I think MMMM is the right format for this case!

Cody

Re: Using Arcade to format date for feature?

RPGIS — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 19:01:40 GMT

@CodyPatterson has the right method but I am simply putting this one out there to show a simpler way of writing the same code.

// Option A var D = $feature.Incorporation_Date iif( !IsEmpty( D ) , "Incorporated on " + Text(D, "MMMM D, YYYY") + " (" + $feature.Incorporation_Citation + ")" , Null ) // Option B var N = Null if( !IsEmpty( $feature.Incorporation_Date ) ){ N = "Incorporated on " + Text($feature.Incorporation_Date, "MMMM D, YYYY") + " (" + $feature.Incorporation_Citation + ")" } return N