Library: Date and time functions (OMDATE) Include: omdate.xin

Return type: String Returns: The specified date in the indicated format.

Declaration

define string function format-ymdhms value string date-format
                           with-date value string ymdhms

Argument definitions

date-format

the format in which you want the specified date, given using OmniMark date format modifiers (such as "=Y/=M/=D", etc)

ymdhms

a date in "YYYYMMDDhhmmss+ZHZM" format

This function takes a date/time in "YYYYMMDDhhmmss+ZHZM" format and returns it formatted as for the OmniMark date operator.

Example:

  ; Format the date with day and month written out 
    include "omdate.xin"
    process
       output format-ymdhms "Now == =W, =xD =n =xY, =h:=m:=s =a.m. =t%n"
       with-date now-as-ymdhms
  ; Result of this code run on Valentine's Day, 2001:
  ;    Now = Wednesday, 14 February 2001, 04:06:21 p.m. -0500

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