Microsoft XML 2.5 SDK


 

formatDate Method

[This is preliminary documentation and subject to change.]

Formats the supplied date using the specified formatting options.

Syntax

formatDate(varDate, bstrFormat, varDestLocale)

Parameters

varDate

Variant. Date that is to be formatted.

bstrFormat

String. Specified formatting. 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

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

Returns

String. Returns the string containing the date in the requested format.

Applies To

XTLRuntime