Formats a Date using the specified FormatName. Note the similarity to the formatUsingPattern function.
This function is a convenient wrapper around formatUsingPattern that provides the ability to format based on FormatName.
Both functions format the date based on the format pattern, it is simply a choice of whether to use the FormatName or FormatPattern.
Which function is more appropriate to use depends on the use case.
Formats a Date using the specified FormatName. Note the similarity to the formatUsingPattern function. This function is a convenient wrapper around formatUsingPattern that provides the ability to format based on FormatName. Both functions format the date based on the format pattern, it is simply a choice of whether to use the FormatName or FormatPattern. Which function is more appropriate to use depends on the use case.
Returns
The formatted string.