Date Intrinsic Functions - AsDisplayString Method
Convert the variable to a formatted string
Member of Date Intrinsic Functions (PRIM_LIBI.IDateIntrinsics)
| Name | Type | Data Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Result | *Result (Optional) | String | Resulting string |
| Format | *Input (Optional) | Enumeration | Format of the date |
AsDisplayString returns the supplied date formatted using one of the available supplied date formats.
| Enum Value | Description |
|---|---|
| CCYYDDMM | e.g. 20143112 |
| CCYYMM | e.g. 201431 |
| CCYYMMDD | e.g. 20141231 |
| CCYYsDDsMM | e.g. 2014/31/12 |
| CCYYsMMsDD | e.g. 2014/12/31 |
| DDDDDDDDD | e.g. WEDNESDAY |
| DDMMCCYY | e.g. 31122014 |
| DDMMMCCYY | e.g. 31Dec2014 |
| DDMMMYY | e.g. 31Dec14 |
| DDMMYY | e.g. 311214 |
| DDsMMsCCYY | e.g. 31/12/2014 |
| DDsMMsYY | e.g. 31/12/14 |
| DDxxbMMMMMMMMMbCCYY | e.g. 31st December 2014 |
| DDxxbMMMMMMMMMbYY | e.g. 31st December 14 |
| ISO | e.g. 2014-12-31 |
| ML_DDbMMMMMMMMMbCCYY | e.g. 31 December 2014 (Multilingual) |
| ML_DDbMMMMMMMMMbYY | e.g. 31 December 14 (Multilingual) |
| ML_DDDDDDDDD | e.g. Wednesday (Multilingual) |
| MMCCYY | e.g. 122014 |
| MMDDCCYY | e.g. 12312014 |
| MMDDYY | e.g. 123114 |
| MMMMMMMMMM | e.g. December |
| MMsDDsCCYY | e.g. 12/31/2014 |
| MMsDDsYY | e.g. 12/31/14 |
| MMYY | e.g. 1214 |
| SysFmt6 | e.g. 311214 (Operating system format) |
| SysFmt8 | e.g. 31122014 (Operating system format) |
| xYYMMDD | e.g. 1141231 (First digit is 1 if the date is later than the LANSA year comparison value, otherwise it's 0) |
| YYMM | e.g. 1412 |
| YYMMDD | e.g. 141231 |
| YYsMMsDD | e.g. 14/12/31 |
In this example, the date 2010-05-31 would return the value "31st May 2010".
#Result := #Today.AsDisplayString( ML_DDbMMMMMMMMMbCCYY )
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