Does Extract ISO Dates upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?

No. Extract ISO Dates runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: YYYY-MM-DD only. Invalid calendar days dropped. Not times or time zones.

Should I use Unix Timestamp Converter instead of Extract ISO Dates?

Use Extract ISO Dates when you need Pull YYYY-MM-DD calendar dates from text. Use Unix Timestamp Converter when you need Unix seconds/millis ↔ date, with timezone display. They share a category (Text) but not the same job.

What are the limits of Extract ISO Dates?

YYYY-MM-DD only. Invalid calendar days dropped. Not times or time zones. Also: Keeps only real Gregorian dates. 2024-02-30 is dropped. Not datetimes, not YYYY/MM/DD. Duplicates removed.

Extract ISO Dates

Pull YYYY-MM-DD calendar dates from text.

Keeps only real Gregorian dates. 2024-02-30 is dropped. Not datetimes, not YYYY/MM/DD. Duplicates removed.

What Extract ISO Dates does

Keeps only real Gregorian dates. 2024-02-30 is dropped. Not datetimes, not YYYY/MM/DD. Duplicates removed.

The interactive controls for Extract ISO Dates load after this article so crawlers still read the instructions. Path /extract-iso-dates is the canonical address. Work happens on this device; Tool-You does not take a copy of the file or pasted text for Extract ISO Dates.

How to use Extract ISO Dates

Keep this tab on Extract ISO Dates (/extract-iso-dates). Pasting into the wrong Text tool (for example Unix Timestamp Converter) changes the job.
Paste or type the input Extract ISO Dates expects. Path hint: extract iso dates. Pull YYYY-MM-DD calendar dates from text.
Apply the Extract ISO Dates action only. Date Difference is a different transform (Count days, weeks, and calendar span between dates.). Keeps only real Gregorian dates. 2024-02-30 is dropped. Not datetimes, not YYYY/MM/DD. Duplicates removed.
Copy the output of Extract ISO Dates if you need it elsewhere. Size/complexity still follows: YYYY-MM-DD only. Invalid calendar days dropped. Not times or time zones.
If the text job is actually Unix seconds/millis ↔ date, with timezone display., leave Extract ISO Dates and open Unix Timestamp Converter.

When not to use Extract ISO Dates

Skip Extract ISO Dates when a neighbor tool matches better — start with Unix Timestamp Converter or Date Difference — or when the description already warns the job will fail. In the tool’s own words: Keeps only real Gregorian dates. 2024-02-30 is dropped. Not datetimes, not YYYY/MM/DD. Duplicates removed.

Questions about Extract ISO Dates

What does Extract ISO Dates do that other Text pages on this site do not?: Keeps only real Gregorian dates. 2024-02-30 is dropped. Not datetimes, not YYYY/MM/DD. Duplicates removed. Short version: Pull YYYY-MM-DD calendar dates from text.
Does Extract ISO Dates upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?: No. Extract ISO Dates runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: YYYY-MM-DD only. Invalid calendar days dropped. Not times or time zones.
Should I use Unix Timestamp Converter instead of Extract ISO Dates?: Use Extract ISO Dates when you need Pull YYYY-MM-DD calendar dates from text. Use Unix Timestamp Converter when you need Unix seconds/millis ↔ date, with timezone display. They share a category (Text) but not the same job.
What are the limits of Extract ISO Dates?: YYYY-MM-DD only. Invalid calendar days dropped. Not times or time zones. Also: Keeps only real Gregorian dates. 2024-02-30 is dropped. Not datetimes, not YYYY/MM/DD. Duplicates removed.