Re: formatDate() Function Update

2024-02-28 Thread Phil Hudson via use-livecode
Very useful function, thanks for sharing. I believe the format you call "SQL format" is literally *the* standard format, as in ISO 8601. https://www.startpage.com/do/dsearch?query=iso+date+format&cat=web&pl=opensearch&language=english I'd suggest "North American format" for the other one, assumi

Re: formatDate() Function Update

2024-02-28 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Should read: standard date: The date in the form of "mm/dd/" On Feb 28, 2024, at 10:42 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: standard date: The date in the form of theFormat ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please

formatDate() Function Update

2024-02-28 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Not to be confused with the built-in dateFormat() function, I wrote a special formatDate() function a few years back because I had a need to get a given date in unsupported formats. Particularly I needed an SQL Date format in the form of -mm-dd. I have been frustrated also that there is no