Purpose:
Converts a date, using a format string, into an appropriately formatted string.
Composition of the format string: this is a normal string into which placeholders can be embedded.
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Place holder |
Description |
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%d |
Day (1..31) |
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%<n>d |
Day to <n> digits |
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%0<n>d |
Day to <n> digits, filled on left with '0's |
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%w |
Weekday (1..7) |
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%<n>w |
Weekday to <n> digits |
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%0<n>w |
Weekday to <n> digits, filled on left with '0's |
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%m |
Month (1..12) |
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%<n>m |
Month to <n> digits |
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%0<n>m |
Month to <n> digits, filled on left with '0's |
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%y |
Year |
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%<n>y |
Year, to <n> digits |
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%0<n>y |
Year, to <n> digits, filled on left with '0's |
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%q |
Quarter |
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%D |
Weekday, written out |
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%M |
Month, written out |
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"%e", "%<n>e" |
Year in the local calendar (Japan: Emperor's year) |
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"%g", "%<n>g" |
Era of the local calendar (Japan: Emperor�s era) |
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"%g", "%1g" |
Single letter, Latin letters |
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"%gg", "%2g" |
Single letter, localized |
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"%ggg", "%3g" |
Long name, localized |
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"%gggg", "%4g" |
Long name, Latin letters |
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"%x" |
Localized date, short form |
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%H |
Hours in 24h-format |
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%h |
Hours in 12h-format |
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%<n>h |
Hours in <n> digits |
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%i |
Minutes |
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%<n>i |
Minutes in <n> digits |
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%s |
Seconds |
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%<n>s |
Seconds in <n> digits |
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%PM |
AM or PM |
As long as one of the above formats is used, the optional third parameter can be used to set the locale. If the second parameter contains a valid ISO 3166-Country code, the third parameter can be used to set either the short "0� or long "1� format.
Parameter:
Date Value to be formatted.
String (optional) Format description or ISO 3166-Country code.
String (optional) ISO 3166-Country code or date format.
Return value:
String
Example:
Date$(Today(),"Date: %D, %d/%m/%y") Result: "Date: Thursday, 8/11/2007"
Date$(Today(),"%2wthWeek; %D, %2d/%2m/%4y") Result: "45th Week, Thursday, 8/11/2007"
Date$(Today(),"%D, %3d/%02m/%4y") Result: "Thursday, 8/11/2007"
Date$ (Now(),"%02h:%02i:%02s %PM") Result: "04:03:50 PM"