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/Util/FormatDateMBS


Required plugins for this example: MBS Util Plugin

You find this example project in your Plugins Download as a Xojo project file within the examples folder: /Util/FormatDateMBS

This example is the version from Tue, 20th May 2013.

Project "FormatDateMBS.xojo_binary_project"
Class App Inherits Application
Const kEditClear = "&Löschen"
Const kFileQuit = "Beenden"
Const kFileQuitShortcut = ""
End Class
Class Window1 Inherits Window
Control List Inherits Listbox
ControlInstance List Inherits Listbox
End Control
EventHandler Sub Open() // for Mac, Windows and Linux we usually have different locale names dim de as string = l("de_DE", "deu", "de_DE.UTF8") dim en as string = l("en_US", "english", "en_US.UTF8") dim fr as string = l("fr_FR", "fra", "fr_FR.UTF8") dim d as new date List.AddRow "ShortDate", d.ShortDate List.AddRow "ShortTime", d.ShortTime List.AddRow "LongDate", d.LongDate List.AddRow "LongTime", d.LongTime List.AddRow "AbbreviatedDate", d.AbbreviatedDate List.AddRow "%x %X", MyFormatDateMBS("%x %X", d) List.AddRow "%x %X de", MyFormatDateMBS("%x %X", d, de) List.AddRow "%x %X fr", MyFormatDateMBS("%x %X", d, fr) List.AddRow "%x %X en", MyFormatDateMBS("%x %X", d, en) List.AddRow "%a", MyFormatDateMBS("%a", d) // The abbreviated weekday name according to the current locale. List.AddRow "%A", MyFormatDateMBS("%A", d) // The full weekday name according to the current locale. List.AddRow "%b", MyFormatDateMBS("%b", d) // The abbreviated month name according to the current locale. List.AddRow "%B", MyFormatDateMBS("%B", d) // The full month name according to the current locale. List.AddRow "%c", MyFormatDateMBS("%c", d) // The preferred date and time representation for the current locale. 'List.AddRow "%C", MyFormatDateMBS("%C", d) // The century number (year/100) as a 2-digit integer. (SU) List.AddRow "%d", MyFormatDateMBS("%d", d) // The day of the month as a decimal number (range 01 to 31). List.AddRow "%D", MyFormatDateMBS("%D", d) // Equivalent to %m/%d/%y. (Yecch-for Americans only. Americans should note that in other countries %d/%m/%y is rather common. This means that in international context this format is ambiguous and should not be used.) (SU) List.AddRow "%e", MyFormatDateMBS("%e", d) // Like %d, the day of the month as a decimal number, but a leading zero is replaced by a space. (SU) List.AddRow "%F", MyFormatDateMBS("%F", d) // Equivalent to %Y-%m-%d (the ISO 8601 date format). (C99) List.AddRow "%G", MyFormatDateMBS("%G", d) // The ISO 8601 week-based year (see NOTES) with century as a decimal number. The 4-digit year corresponding to the ISO week number (see %V). This has the same format and value as %Y, except that if the ISO week number belongs to the previous or next year, that year is used instead. (TZ) List.AddRow "%g", MyFormatDateMBS("%g", d) // Like %G, but without century, that is, with a 2-digit year (00-99). (TZ) List.AddRow "%H", MyFormatDateMBS("%H", d) // The hour as a decimal number using a 24-hour clock (range 00 to 23). List.AddRow "%I", MyFormatDateMBS("%I", d) // The hour as a decimal number using a 12-hour clock (range 01 to 12). List.AddRow "%j", MyFormatDateMBS("%j", d) // The day of the year as a decimal number (range 001 to 366). List.AddRow "%k", MyFormatDateMBS("%k", d) // The hour (24-hour clock) as a decimal number (range 0 to 23); single digits are preceded by a blank. (See also %H.) (TZ) List.AddRow "%l", MyFormatDateMBS("%l", d) // The hour (12-hour clock) as a decimal number (range 1 to 12); single digits are preceded by a blank. (See also %I.) (TZ) List.AddRow "%m", MyFormatDateMBS("%m", d) // The month as a decimal number (range 01 to 12). List.AddRow "%M", MyFormatDateMBS("%M", d) // The minute as a decimal number (range 00 to 59). List.AddRow "%p", MyFormatDateMBS("%p", d) // Either "AM" or "PM" according to the given time value, or the corresponding strings for the current locale. Noon is treated as "PM" and midnight as "AM". List.AddRow "%P", MyFormatDateMBS("%P", d) // Like %p but in lowercase: "am" or "pm" or a corresponding string for the current locale. (GNU) List.AddRow "%r", MyFormatDateMBS("%r", d) // The time in a.m. or p.m. notation. In the POSIX locale this is equivalent to %I:%M:%S %p. (SU) List.AddRow "%R", MyFormatDateMBS("%R", d) // The time in 24-hour notation (%H:%M). (SU) For a version including the seconds, see %T below. List.AddRow "%s", MyFormatDateMBS("%s", d) // The number of seconds since the Epoch, 1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 (UTC). (TZ) List.AddRow "%S", MyFormatDateMBS("%S", d) // The second as a decimal number (range 00 to 60). (The range is up to 60 to allow for occasional leap seconds.) List.AddRow "%T", MyFormatDateMBS("%T", d) // The time in 24-hour notation (%H:%M:%S). (SU) List.AddRow "%u", MyFormatDateMBS("%u", d) // The day of the week as a decimal, range 1 to 7, Monday being 1. See also %w. (SU) List.AddRow "%U", MyFormatDateMBS("%U", d) // The week number of the current year as a decimal number, range 00 to 53, starting with the first Sunday as the first day of week 01. See also %V and %W. List.AddRow "%V", MyFormatDateMBS("%V", d) // The ISO 8601 week number (see NOTES) of the current year as a decimal number, range 01 to 53, where week 1 is the first week that has at least 4 days in the new year. See also %U and %W. (SU) List.AddRow "%w", MyFormatDateMBS("%w", d) // The day of the week as a decimal, range 0 to 6, Sunday being 0. See also %u. List.AddRow "%W", MyFormatDateMBS("%W", d) // The week number of the current year as a decimal number, range 00 to 53, starting with the first Monday as the first day of week 01. List.AddRow "%x", MyFormatDateMBS("%x", d) // The preferred date representation for the current locale without the time. List.AddRow "%X", MyFormatDateMBS("%X", d) // The preferred time representation for the current locale without the date. List.AddRow "%y", MyFormatDateMBS("%y", d) // The year as a decimal number without a century (range 00 to 99). List.AddRow "%Y", MyFormatDateMBS("%Y", d) // The year as a decimal number including the century. List.AddRow "%z", MyFormatDateMBS("%z", d) // The +hhmm or -hhmm numeric timezone (that is, the hour and minute offset from UTC). (SU) List.AddRow "%Z", MyFormatDateMBS("%Z", d) // The timezone or name or abbreviation. List.AddRow "%+", MyFormatDateMBS("%+", d) // The date and time in date(1) format. (TZ) (Not supported in glibc2.) End EventHandler
Function MyFormatDateMBS(format as string, date as date, locale as string = "") As string Return FormatDateMBS(format, date, locale) Exception u as UnsupportedFormatException Return "Error: "+u.message End Function
Function l(Mac as string, Win as string, Lin as string) As string if TargetLinux then Return lin if TargetWin32 then Return win if TargetMacOS then Return mac End Function
End Class
MenuBar MenuBar1
MenuItem FileMenu = "&Ablage"
MenuItem FileQuit = "#App.kFileQuit"
MenuItem EditMenu = "&Bearbeiten"
MenuItem EditUndo = "&Rückgängig"
MenuItem UntitledMenu1 = "-"
MenuItem EditCut = "&Ausschneiden"
MenuItem EditCopy = "&Kopieren"
MenuItem EditPaste = "&Einfügen"
MenuItem EditClear = "#App.kEditClear"
MenuItem UntitledMenu0 = "-"
MenuItem EditSelectAll = "&Alles auswählen"
End MenuBar
End Project

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