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lsDateFormat

Formats the date part of a date/time value in a locale-specific format. [mask - quicky] d,dd,ddd,dddd: Day of month / week m,mm,mmm,mmmm: Month y,yy,yyyy: Year gg: Period/era string short / medium / long / full

lsDateFormat(date [, mask, locale])

returns string

Member Function Syntax

date.lsDateFormat([mask, locale])

Argument Reference

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
date	date	Yes		The datetime object
mask	string	No	medium	A keyword or custom combination of components
locale	string	No		CF8+ Locale to use instead of the locale of the page when processing the function

Tag Example

lsDateFormat formats the date part of a date/time value using the locale convention.

<!--- loop through a list of locales; show date values for now()---> 
 <cfloop list = "#Server.Coldfusion.SupportedLocales#" 
 index = "locale" delimiters = ","> 
 <cfset oldlocale = setLocale(locale)> 
  <cfoutput><p><B><I>#locale#</I></B> 
 #lsDateFormat(now(), "mmm-dd-yyyy")# 
 #lsDateFormat(now(), "mmmm d, yyyy")# 
 #lsDateFormat(now(), "mm/dd/yyyy")# 
 #lsDateFormat(now(), "d-mmm-yyyy")# 
 #lsDateFormat(now(), "ddd, mmmm dd, yyyy")# 
 #lsDateFormat(now(), "d/m/yy")# 
 #lsDateFormat(now())# 
 <hr noshade> 
 </cfoutput> 
 </cfloop>

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