dateFormat
Type
function
Summary
Returns a string describing a given date format using the syntax described below.
Syntax
the [{ long | abbreviated | short }] [{ english | standard | system }] dateFormat
Description
Use the dateFormat function to obtain the general format of the date for further processing.
The dateFormat function returns a string containing one or more formatting incantations, each of which describes a part of the requested date format. The possible incantations are as follows:
%a Abbreviated weekday name: the abbreviated day of the week, as reported by the weekdayNames function
%A Full weekday name: the full day of the week, as reported by the weekdayNames function
%b Abbreviated month name: the abbreviated month name, as reported by the monthNames function
%B Full month name: the full month name, as reported by the monthNames function
%d Day of the month: the day of the month as a number
%m Month number: the number of the month
%y Two-digit year: the year as a two-digit number
%Y Four-digit year: This incantation indicates the year as a four-digit number (including the century)
%w Day of the week: A number between 1 and 7
The dateFormat differs from other date/time functionality in that the default is to return information relative to the system locale. i.e. the dateFormat is equivalent to the system dateFormat
Examples
put the long dateFormat into stringToParse
Value
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
return |
Related
command: convert
control structure: function
function: monthNames, format, date, weekdayNames
glossary: return
keyword: string, long, english, standard, short, system, abbreviated
property: useSystemDate
Compatibility and Support
Introduced
LiveCode 1.1
OS
mac
windows
linux
ios
android
Platforms
desktop
server
mobile