Description: | Defines the date format to be used. |
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Object | RenderText |
Value: | The date format is made up of macro strings and other text. A macro string is one of the following: yyyy: 4 digit year. (e.g. 1998) Month: Fully spelt month. (e.g. December) Mon:Abbreviated month. (e.g. Dec) MMMM:Fully spelt month. Spelling depends on the system's regional settings. MMM:Abbreviated month. The abbreviation depends on the system's regional settings. MM:Numeric month. (1 to 12) dd:Numeric day. (1 to 31) Note that the strings are case sensitive. For example, if the value is specified as "dd , Mon - yyyy", the date text "19981231" would be displayed or printed: The DateFormat property is only effective when the DateStyle property is "99-Custom". |
RenderText | The DateStyle property, and hence the DateFormat property, is only effective when the RenderStyle property is "2 - Date". The RenderText object converts a character string of the form "yyyyMMdd", or as defined by the InputFormat property, to the style indicated by the macro string. If you specify a format that does not contain all elements of the date, PowerCOBOL substitutes the value 1 for the missing elements. For example, if there is no InputFormat set, and you enter "19981231" to a field with the format value "yyyy-MM", PowerCOBOL displays "1998-12", but the output value would be "19981201". |
Default value: | None. |
COBOL picture: | X, up to 8192 bytes. |
OLE data type: | VT_BSTR |
Design time access: | Set and reference. |
Execution time access: | |
Set and reference. | |
RenderText | Reference only. |
Backward compatibility attribute: | None. |
