FORMAT Property

9.0, PLBCMP GUI Only

 

The FORMAT property specifies the display format of an EDITDATETIME object. The property uses the following format:

 

FORMAT={value}

Note the following:

  1. FORMAT may be used in CREATE or GETPROP statements of an EDITDATETIME object.

  2. {value} is a decimal number, a Numeric Variable, an Expression, or a keyword as defined in PLBEQU.INC. The supported values and keywords are:

    3.  

    Value

    Keyword

    The calendar is aligned ...

    0

    $DEFAULT

    default (same as $DTFORMATSHORT).

    1

    $DTFORMATLONG

    Displays the date in long format. The format string for this style is defined by LOCALE_SLONGDATEFORMAT that produces output like "Monday, August 25, 2003".

    2

    $DTFORMATSHORT

    Displays the date in short format. The format string for this style is defined by LOCALE_SSHORTDATE that produces output like "8/25/03".

    3

    $DTFORMATTIME

    Displays the time. The format string for this style is defined by LOCALE_STIMEFORMAT that produces output like "10:33:15 AM".

    4

    $DTFORMATCUSTOM

    Displays the date and time in the format specified by the CUSTOMFORMAT property.

 

See Also: Object Properties, Object IO Instructions, Object Definitions

 


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