IXTLRuntime::formatDate Method

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Formats the supplied date using the specified formatting options.

Visual Basic Syntax

strValue = oXTLRuntime.formatDate(varDate, bstrFormat, varDestLocale)

C/C++ Syntax

HRESULT formatDate(
    VARIANT varDate,
    BSTR bstrFormat,
    VARIANT varDestLocale,
    BSTR *pbstrFormattedString);

Parameters

varDate

[in] Date that is to be formatted.

bstrFormat

[in] Formatting specifics. The following codes are supported:

m

Months as 1-12

mm

Months as 01-12

mmm

Months as Jan-Dec

mmmm

Months as January-December

mmmmm

Months as the first letter of the month

d

Days as 1-31

dd

Days as 01-31

ddd

Days as Sun-Sat

dddd

Days as Sunday-Saturday

yy

Years as 00-99

yyyy

Years as 1900-9999

varDestLocale

[in] Locale to use in determining the correct sequence to be used in the date. If not supplied, the month-day-year sequence is used.

pbstrFormattedString

[out] String containing the date in the requested format.

C/C++ Return Value

Returns S_OK if successful, or an error code otherwise.