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DWStrShortDateFormatStringfunction

Returns the short date formatting string for the locale.

String ManagementfunctionDWSTRProcs.incdocumented

Syntax

FUNCTION DWStrShortDateFormatString (BYVAL pwszLocale AS WSTRING PTR = LOCALE_NAME_USER_DEFAULT) AS DWSTRING

Parameters

NameDescription
pwszLocalePointer to a locale name, or one of the following predefined values: LOCALE_NAME_INVARIANT, LOCALE_NAME_SYSTEM_DEFAULT, LOCALE_NAME_USER_DEFAULT

Description

Short date formatting string for the locale. The maximum number of characters allowed for this string is 80, including a terminating null character. The string can consist of a combination of day, month, year, and era format pictures. For example, "M/d/yyyy" indicates that September 3, 2004 is written 9/3/2004.

Reference

  • Include file DWSTRProcs.inc
  • Defined in AfxNova/DWStrProcs.inc:2313
  • Documented in String Management/DWString Procedures.md
  • Topic: String Procedures