Use this parameter to specify the date formats that can be extracted from a Web page. Use DateCheck to specify the parts of a page the connector should check for dates and whether the connector should discard a page when it does not contain any dates in the specified formats.
You can specify the following strings:
| YY | Year (2 digits). For example, 99, 00, 01, and so on. |
| YYYY | Year (4 digits). For example, 1999, 2000, 2001, and so on. |
| LONGMONTH | For example, January, February, March, and so on. Use DateLongMonthCSVs to define the string. |
| SHORTMONTH | For example, Jan, Feb, and so on. Use DateMonthCSVs to define the string. |
| MM | Month (2 digits). For example, 01, 10, 12, and so on. |
| M+ | Month (1 or 2 digits). For example, 1,2,3,10, and so on. |
| DD | Day (2 digits). For example, 01, 02, 03, 12, 23, and so on. |
| D+ | Day (1 or more digits). For example, 1, 2, 12, 13, 31, and so on. |
| LONGDAY | 1 or 2 digits with postfix. For example, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and so on. Use DatePostfixCSVs to define the postfix string. |
| HH | Hour (2 digits). For example, 01, 12, 13, and so on. |
| H+ |
Hour (1 or 2 digits). For example, 1, 12, 23, and so on |
| NN | Minute (2 digits). For example, 01, 10, 59, and so on. |
| N+ | Minute (1 or 2 digits). For example, 1, 10, 59, and so on. |
| SS | Second (2 digits). For example, 01, 10, 59, and so on. |
| S+ |
Second (1 or 2 digits). For example, 1, 10, 59. |
| ZZZ | Time Zone. For example, GMT, EST, PST, and so on. |
| #S | Whitespace. |
To specify multiple formats, separate them with commas (with no space before or after a comma).
In the following example, only dates that have the format D+/SHORTMONTH/YYYY (for example, 1/Jan/2001) or DDMMYYYY (for example, 01012001) can be extracted.
| Type: | String |
| Default: | 0 |
| Required: | No |
| Configuration Section: | TaskName or Default |
| Example: | DateFormats=D+/SHORTMONTH/YYYY/DDMMYYYY
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