Custom Transport - Get Server Time

This is a custom transport that can be used to return the server time.

GetServerTimeTransport.jar

GetServerTime.xml

GetServerTime.nitro_s

Input Parameter

The Format of the Date/Time to be returned.  The following pattern letters can be used to define the format to return the server date/time:

Letter	Date or Time Component	Presentation	Examples
G	Era designator	Text	AD
y	Year	Year	1996; 96
Y	Week year	Year	2009; 09
M	Month in year	Month	July; Jul; 07
w	Week in year	Number	27
W	Week in month	Number	2
D	Day in year	Number	189
d	Day in month	Number	10
F	Day of week in month	Number	2
E	Day name in week	Text	Tuesday; Tue
u	Day number of week (1 = Monday, ..., 7 = Sunday)	Number	1
a	Am/pm marker	Text	PM
H	Hour in day (0-23)	Number	0
k	Hour in day (1-24)	Number	24
K	Hour in am/pm (0-11)	Number	0
h	Hour in am/pm (1-12)	Number	12
m	Minute in hour	Number	30
s	Second in minute	Number	55
S	Millisecond	Number	978
z	Time zone	General time zone	Pacific Standard Time; PST; GMT-08:00
Z	Time zone	RFC 822 time zone	-0800
X	Time zone	ISO 8601 time zone	-08; -0800; -08:00

Output Parameter

Server Time - Returns the time in the format specified by the input parameter.  Default is HH:mm:ss.

Result - Returns 200 if service completes successfully

Installation instructions

1. Deploy the .jar file to the extensions directory (/opt/IBM/Forms/extensions or c:\IBM\Forms\extensions)

2. Deploy the .xml file to the ServiceCatalog/1 directory.

3. A restart is not required, in about 60 seconds the service should appear within FEB.

Note: To apply a custom format: