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DATE() - new Date()
Returns the current system date, which is controlled by the operating system, or creates a Date value. You will have a
tough time trying to find the Servoy equivalent for VFP's Date(). It works just a little different.
VFP code example
? DATE() && returns date (2/18/2011) in format of regional settings
d = DATE(2012,10,15) &&
new date = 10/15/2012 (OCTOBER!)
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Servoy code example
var d =
new Date();
application.output(d); //
Fri Feb 18 11:13:40 CET 2011
application.output(d.toLocaleDateString()); // February 18, 2011
application.output(d.toDateString()); // Fri Feb 18 2011
utils.dateFormat(d,'d-M-yyyy'); // dutch
date: 18-2-2011
// initialize a date value
var d =
new Date(2012,9,15);
// initialize a date value
OCTOBER=9
// vfp2servoy toolkit
var d =
globals.DATE(2012,10,15) // initialize a date value
OCTOBER=10 |
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Conclusion:
When you are trying to get Servoy to handle the date in the same way that the
DATE() function in Visual FoxPro does, you will have a hard time. It is not a
problem to display the Full Datestring in the current locale and there are a
million date/time functions but I did not find a way to get a short date-string
in the users locale.
In Visual FoxPro there are two different datatypes for dates and datetimes, in Servoy there is only a datetime. This not a problem though. In fields Servoy shows a
datetime calendar for datetime fields.
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