how can I format a LocateDateTime object to a string in format of "yyyyMMdd-HH:mm:ss" in UTC time? -...

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[Steven Wang]

how can I format a LocateDateTime object to a string in format of "yyyyMMdd-HHmmss" in UTC time? -- bit shameful to ask as I have spent two hrs can not figure it out ...

[xoangon]

Tou may be more lucky asking this question in the #kotlinx-datetime channel

[Stephan Schröder]

how about:

val formatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyyMMdd-HH:mm:ss") // initialize only once
val dateTime: LocalDateTime = ...
val formattedDateTime = dateTime.format(formatter)

?

[hho]

I think the question was about the "in UTC" part … and the answer is: You can't, at least not without providing a timezone for your date first.

[Stephan Schröder]

hopefully this tutorial helps.