XML DOM » XTLRuntime » formatDate

Compability: Internet Explorer

Syntax:

xtlRuntime.formatDate(varDate, bstrFormat, varDestLocale)

bstrFormat

This is the formatting to be applied. The date can be formatted using the codes in the bstrFormat Codes table.

varDestLocale

The 'varDestLocale' parameter specifies the Locale to use in determining the sequence in which the date elements are to be supplied; if none is specified, then the sequence is month-day-year.

varDate

This is the date to be formatted.

This method formats the supplied date using the specified formatting options.

bstrFormat Codes

• 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