dateFormat | |||||||
Type | function | ||||||
Dictionary | LCS | ||||||
Library | LiveCode Script | ||||||
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Summary | Returns a string describing a given date format using the syntax described below. | ||||||
Introduced | 1.1 | ||||||
OS | mac, windows, linux, ios, android | ||||||
Platforms | desktop, server, mobile | ||||||
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Related | Keyword: string, long, english, short, system, abbreviated Property: useSystemDate Command: convert Function: monthNames, format, date, weekdayNames Control Structure: function Glossary: return | ||||||
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
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Tags | math |