render() public method

Render the supplied DateTime object as a formatted date.
public render ( mixed $date = null, string $format = 'Y-m-d', string $localeFormatType = null, string $localeFormatLength = null, string $cldrFormat = null ) : string
$date mixed either a \DateTime object or a string that is accepted by \DateTime constructor
$format string Format String which is taken to format the Date/Time if none of the locale options are set.
$localeFormatType string Whether to format (according to locale set in $forceLocale) date, time or datetime. Must be one of Neos\Flow\I18n\Cldr\Reader\DatesReader::FORMAT_TYPE_*'s constants.
$localeFormatLength string Format length if locale set in $forceLocale. Must be one of Neos\Flow\I18n\Cldr\Reader\DatesReader::FORMAT_LENGTH_*'s constants.
$cldrFormat string Format string in CLDR format (see http://cldr.unicode.org/translation/date-time)
return string Formatted date
 /**
  * @test
  * @expectedException \Neos\FluidAdaptor\Core\ViewHelper\Exception
  */
 public function viewHelperThrowsExceptionIfDateStringCantBeParsed()
 {
     $viewHelper = new Format\DateViewHelper();
     $viewHelper->render('foo');
 }