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Name: dateFormat
Type: function
Syntax: the [{ long | abbreviated | short }] [{ english | system }] dateFormat
Summary:
<return|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
Example:
put the long dateFormat into stringToParse
Returns:
The <dateFormat> <function> <return|returns> a string.
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
>*Note:* 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
References: convert (command), function (control structure),
monthNames (function), format (function), date (function),
weekdayNames (function), return (glossary), string (keyword),
long (keyword), english (keyword), short (keyword), system (keyword),
abbreviated (keyword), useSystemDate (property)
Tags: math