XFA Specification
Chapter 23, FormCalc Specification
Date And Time Built-in Functions
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LocalDateFmt()
This function returns a string containing a localized date format, given a date format style.
Syntax
LocalDateFmt([n1[, k1]])
Parameters
n1
is an integer identifying the date format style. The following table describes the possible values for
n1
.
n1
0
1
2
3
4
k1
Style requested for the localized date format
Locale-specific default style
Locale-specific short style
Locale-specific medium style
Locale-specific long style
Locale-specific full style
is a locale identifier string, as described in
“Specifying a Locale (Locale Identifier String)” on
If k1 is omitted, the
prevailing locale
Returns
The
localized date format
If the given format style is invalid, the function returns default-style localized date format.
The date picture clauses returned by this function are not usable in the functions
Date2Num()
and
Num2Date()
.
Examples
Calling LocaleDateFmt() as follows …
LocalDateFmt(1, "de_DE")
LocalDateFmt(2, "fr_CA")
LocalDateFmt(3, "de_CH")
LocalDateFmt(4, "es_ES")
Returns
"tt.MM.jj"
"aa-MM-jj"
"t. MMMM uuuu"
"EEEE t' de 'MMMM' de 'uuuu"
See Also
DateFmt()