Email Script Help, extra space is displaying

[Taylor_McCarty]

I pieced this script together from some existing scripts in my instance and from some posts I found here and on blogs, but when I preview the email, the date ends up having a space at the end. Is this an issue with the script? Or is the script working correctly and the field value itself has the extra space the culprit?

#set( $dateOptions = { 
 "fieldValue" : $o.Application_Deadline__c, 
 "formats" : { 
 "in" : "yyyy-MM-dd",
 "out" : "MMMM d, yyyy"
 }, 
 "timezones" : { 
 "in" : "America/New_York", 
 "out" : "America/New_York" 
 }, 
 "locale" : $date.getLocale() 
} ) 
## ---- No need to change anything below this line! ---- 
#set( $dateOptions.timezones.in = $date.getTimeZone().getTimeZone($dateOptions.timezones.in) ) 
#set( $dateOptions.timezones.out = $date.getTimeZone().getTimeZone($dateOptions.timezones.out) ) 
#set( $inDate = $convert.parseDate($dateOptions.fieldValue, $dateOptions.formats.in, $dateOptions.locale, $dateOptions.timezones.in) ) 
${date.format($dateOptions.formats.out, $inDate, $dateOptions.locale, $dateOptions.timezones.out)} 
#end
#end‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

[SanfordWhiteman]

Please highlight the code (as Java, the closest to Velocity) using the Advanced Editor's Syntax Highlighter, then we'll continue.

[Taylor_McCarty]

Updated and highlighted the code

[SanfordWhiteman · Accepted solution]

Velocity is strictly space-preserving, so it sounds like the line break is actually what you're seeing as a space.

Try this instead:

${date.format($dateOptions.formats.out, $inDate, $dateOptions.locale, $dateOptions.timezones.out)}##‍

[Taylor_McCarty]

That worked! Thanks!