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GetFileDateformat

Get the format of the date of the current file

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Menno van Beek - Show more from this author
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Sample input:

GetFileDateformat

Sample output:

Result from a NL formatted file: DD-MM-YYYY

Result from a US formatted file: M/D/YYYY

Function definition: (Copy & paste into FileMaker's Edit Custom Function window)

Substitute (

  GetAsText ( Date ( 4 ; 3 ; 2222 ) ) ;

    [ "2222" ; "YYYY" ] ; [ "22" ; "YY" ] ;

    [ "04" ; "MM" ] ; [ "4" ; "M" ] ;

    [ "03" ; "DD" ] ; [ "3" ; "D" ] )

If you need to know what is the file's native format of displaying a date, this function may be useful. This function does not take any parameter.

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