# Desktop: Unknown function 'apoc.date.format'

**URL:** <https://community.neo4j.com/t/desktop-unknown-function-apoc-date-format/59638>\
**Category:** Neo4j Graph Platform\
**Tags:** migrated\
**Created:** [July 2, 2020, 4:51am UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/desktop-unknown-function-apoc-date-format/59638 "2020-07-02T04:51:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![kanade\_sanjay](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/community.neo4j.com/kanade_sanjay/32/6955_2.png) [@kanade\_sanjay](https://community.neo4j.com/u/kanade_sanjay)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 4:51am UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/desktop-unknown-function-apoc-date-format/59638/1 "2020-07-02T04:51:30Z")

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I'm new to Neo4j, querying the Desktop localhost from a JavaScript test file.

I have a date field and the following query works:  
MATCH (n) RETURN n.due\_date

But I want to format it in UTC format before returning. I saw some example of date format in this forum and tried the following query:  
MATCH (n) RETURN apoc.date.format(n.due\_date, 'ms', 'MMM d yyyy', 'PST')

But this gives the error Unknown function 'apoc.date.format' in browser console. How can I use the apoc functions in the desktop version?

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**Author:** ![Tarik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/db5fbb/32.png) [@Tarik](https://community.neo4j.com/u/Tarik)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 10:01am UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/desktop-unknown-function-apoc-date-format/59638/2 "2022-09-29T10:01:02Z")

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(migrated from khoros post [Solved: Re: Desktop: Unknown function 'apoc.date.format' - Neo4j - 53869](https://community.neo4j.com/t5/neo4j-graph-platform/desktop-unknown-function-apoc-date-format/m-p/60735#M35963))