Removing seconds from XMPDateTime

[joe_s66]

I'm trying to build a script in ExtendScript Toolkit CC that will modify the date metadata for files in Bridge. I'm using "var d = new XMPDateTime(new Date())" to get the full date value. How can I removed the seconds in the value and get this value instead --> YYYY MM DD HM. I've searched the Adobe site and forums and could not find an answer.

[SuperMerlin]

Here is an example for ESTK run with target Bridge..

if (ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript == undefined) ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript = new ExternalObject("lib:AdobeXMPScript");
var now = new Date();
$.writeln(now);
var seconds = now.getSeconds();
var mSeconds = now.getMilliseconds();
now = now.getTime() - ((seconds * 1000)+mSeconds);
$.writeln(new Date(now));
$.writeln(new XMPDateTime(new Date(now)));

[Pedro Cortez Marques]

You can use RegExp after convert the XMPDateTime to a string:

if (ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript == undefined) ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript = new ExternalObject("lib:AdobeXMPScript"); 
var d = new XMPDateTime(new Date())
var result = d.toString().match(/\d{4}\-\d{2}\-\d{2}\T\d{2}\:\d{2}/).toString().replace(/\-|\T|\:/g,' ')
$.writeln(result);

[SuperMerlin]

I think the OP requires a new XMPDateTime to set the date Pedro, so this would fail.

We may never know as the OP has not responded.