There may be a better way, but you might have to use a shell call. Execute the following in the message box:
put shell("man date | col -b") and look at the options. You can get any format you want, and this way you would have full control over date display format in LC. -- Peter Peter M. Brigham pmb...@gmail.com http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig On Jul 1, 2011, at 1:59 PM, Pete wrote: > I'm running into some major differences in the way LC displays system date > and time versus what I have set up in my OSX control panel and wondering if > anyone else has run into this. This is in the context of providing my users > with a preference setting for how they want dates/times displayed. > > First problem is that OSX has 4 date and time formats (Short, Medium, Long, > and Full) whereas LC only has three (Short, Abbrev, Long) so there are some > inevitable discrepancies. > > For dates: > LC Short = OSX Short > LC Long = OSX Full > LC Abbrev = no OSX format > no LC format = OSX medium or long > > > For times: > LC Short = OSX Short > LC Abbrev = OSX Short > LC Long = OSX Medium > no LC format = OSX Long or full > > Any thoughts? > > Pete > Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com> > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode