String To Date
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This node converts a string column to date using the given date/time format

Type
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transform

Class
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fire.nodes.etl.NodeStringToDate

Fields
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      * - Name
        - Title
        - Description
      * - inputColName
        - Input Column Name
        - Input Column Name
      * - inputColFormat
        - Input Column Format
        - Input Column Format. eg: yyyy-MM-dd yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss
      * - outputColName
        - Output Column Name
        - Output Column Name
      * - outputColType
        - Output Column Type
        - Output Column Type




Examples
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Format Examples
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* dd-MM-yy : 31-01-12
* dd-MM-yyyy : 31-01-2012
* MM-dd-yyyy : 01-31-2012
* yyyy-MM-dd : 2012-01-31
* yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss : 2012-01-31 23:59:59
* yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS : 2012-01-31 23:59:59.999
* yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSSZ : 2012-01-31 23:59:59.999+0100
* EEEEE MMMMM yyyy HH:mm:ss.SSSZ : Saturday November 2012 10:45:42.720+0100


OUTPUT COLUMN NAME: - If user inputs an existing column name, it overrides the column 

                      otherwise it will add a new column.