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This property is obsolete. See the Remarks section below. |
Description
Use the Utilities.LongDateFormat property to specify the format string used to convert a date value to a string. For information about format specifiers, see Date and Time Format Specifiers.
Declaration
Applies To
The property is applied to the following object:
Property Value
By default, LongDateFormat holds the value specified by Regional Settings in the Windows Control Panel. To restore this value, call the GetFormatSettings method.
Remarks
Utilities.LongDateFormat is obsolete and is supportedfor backward compatibility only. To get or set the long date format, use the aqEnvironment.GetLocaleInfo and aqEnvironment.SetLocaleInfo functions with LOCALE_SLONGDATE as the second parameter.
JavaScript, JScript
var long_date_format = aqEnvironment.GetLocaleInfo(LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT, LOCALE_SLONGDATE);
Log.Message(long_date_format);
Python
long_date_format = aqEnvironment.GetLocaleInfo(LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT, LOCALE_SLONGDATE)
Log.Message(long_date_format)
VBScript
long_date_format = aqEnvironment.GetLocaleInfo(LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT, LOCALE_SLONGDATE)
Log.Message long_date_format
DelphiScript
long_date_format := aqEnvironment.GetLocaleInfo(LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT, LOCALE_SLONGDATE);
Log.Message(long_date_format);
C++Script, C#Script
var long_date_format = aqEnvironment["GetLocaleInfo"](LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT, LOCALE_SLONGDATE);
Log["Message"](long_date_format);
Or, if you want to process date and time values using locale settings, use the methods and properties of the aqDateTime object. They use locale-specific date formats when parsing values.
See Also
Working With Dates
Date and Time Format Specifiers
aqDateTime.Time Method
aqDateTime.Today Method
aqDateTime.Now Method
aqConvert.DateTimeToStr Method
aqConvert.StrToDateTime Method
aqConvert.StrToDate Method