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This property is obsolete.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Utilities.ShortDateFormat is obsolete and is supported for backward compatibility only.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