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Expand Up @@ -198,13 +198,11 @@ POST hockey/player/1/_update
==== Dates

Date fields are exposed as
`ReadableDateTime` or
so they support methods like
`getYear`,
and `getDayOfWeek`.
To get milliseconds since epoch call
`getMillis`.
For example, the following returns every hockey player's birth year:
`ReadableDateTime`, so they support methods like `getYear`, `getDayOfWeek`
or e.g. getting milliseconds since epoch with `getMillis`. To use these
in a script, leave out the `get` prefix and continue with lowercasing the
rest of the method name. For example, the following returns every hockey
player's birth year:

[source,js]
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