Hi Roger, > Am 23.07.2016 um 17:34 schrieb Roger Eller <roger.e.el...@sealedair.com>: > > I have an application running on Windows 7. Windows is localized for > Spanish language, and resides in Mexico. Convert doesn't work. In their > default format, convert VAR to dateItems returns the original unchanged VAR > content. > > This is my workaround. Is there a better way? > > put "22/07/2016 05:22 p.m." into tMEXdate > replace "a.m" with "AM" in tMEXdate > replace "p.m" with "PM" in tMEXdate > set the itemDel to "/" > put item 1 of tMEXdate into tDD > put item 2 of tMEXdate into tMM > put tMM into item 1 of tMEXdate > put tDD into item 2 of tMEXdate > -- now it is the same as in USA > -- "07/22/2016 05:22 PM" > convert tMEXdate to dateItems
don't know if that will work for you, but "usesystemdate" did the trick for a german date: ... set the usesystemdate to TRUE put "Samstag, 23. Juli 2016 17:44" into tDate convert tDate to dateitems put tDate ... -> 2016,7,23,17,44,0,7 > ~Roger Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major-k.de _______________________________________________ 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
