DT_Format

DT_Format generates a formatted string representation of the rmDate values.

smRet = DT_Format(rmDate, ssFormat)

Return Value

smRet

Parameters

rmDate

rmDate is a real matrix.

ssFormat

ssFormat is a scalar string. The formatting string is similar to the printf formatting string. Formatting codes, preceded by a percent (%) sign, are replaced by the corresponding date/time component. Other characters in the formatting string are copied unchanged to the returned string. The value and meaning of the formatting codes for DT_Format are listed below:

Value Meaning
%a Abbreviated weekday name
%A Full weekday name
%b Abbreviated month name
%B Full month name
%c Date and time representation appropriate for locale
%d Day of month as decimal number (01 to 31)
%H Hour in 24-hour format (00 to 23)
%I Hour in 12-hour format (01 to 12)
%j Day of year as decimal number (001 to 366)
%m Month as decimal number (01 to 12)
%M Minute as decimal number (00 to 59)
%p Current locale’s A.M./P.M. indicator for 12-hour clock
%S Second as decimal number (00 to 59)
%U Week of year as decimal number, with Sunday as first day of week (00 to 51)
%w Weekday as decimal number (0 to 6; Sunday is 0)
%W Week of year as decimal number, with Monday as first day of week (00 to 51)
%x Date representation for current locale
%X Time representation for current locale
%y Year without century, as decimal number (00 to 99)
%Y Year with century, as decimal number
%z, %Z Time zone name or abbreviation; no characters if time zone is unknown
%% Percent sign

Comment

The format argument consists of one or more codes; as in printf, the formatting codes are preceded by a percent sign (%). Characters that do not begin with % are copied unchanged to strDest. The LC_TIME category of the current locale affects the output formatting. (For more information on LC_TIME, see DT_SetLocale.) The formatting codes are listed below:

As in the printf function, the # flag may prefix any formatting code. In that case, the meaning of the format code is changed as follows.

%#a, %#A, %#b, %#B, %#p, %#X, %#z, %#Z, %#%: # flag is ignored.

%#c: Long date and time representation, appropriate for current locale. For example: "Tuesday, March 14, 1995, 12:41:29".

%#x: Long date representation, appropriate to current locale. For example: "Tuesday, March 14, 1995".

%#d, %#H, %#I, %#j, %#m, %#M, %#S, %#U, %#w, %#W, %#y, %#Y: Remove leading zeros (if any).

Example

* d = DT_GetCurrentTime()
* d
35992.3731
* DT_Format(d, "%c")
16.07.98 08:57:14
* DT_Format(d, "%#c")
Donnerstag, 16. Juli 1998 08:57:14
* DT_Format(d, "%x")
16.07.98
* DT_Format(d, "%X")
08:57:14

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