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LOCALDATEFMT

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Resource Variables
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Syntax

Envariable: M2H_LOCALDATEFMT=date-format
Element: <LOCALDATEFMT> date-format
</LOCALDATEFMT>
Command-line Option: -localdatefmt date-format

The LOCALDATEFMT resource specifies the date format for the $LOCALDATE$ resource variable (i.e. The local system date). The format is a string containing zero or more conversion specifications and regular characters. A conversion specification consists of the '%' character followed a character that determines the type of conversion.

The following lists the possible conversion specifications:

NOTE

If POSIXSTRFTIME is set, the POSIX::strftime() function will be used. Therefore, there may be more conversion specifications available. See your system's strftime() manpage for specifics.

Spec	Value
%%	the % character
%a	abbreviated weekday name
%A	full weekday name
%b	abbreviated month name
%B	full month name
%c	appropriate date and time representation
%d	day of month [1,31]; single digits are preceded by 0
%h	abbreviated month name
%H	hour (24-hour clock) [0,23]; single digits are preceded by 0
%I	hour (12-hour clock) [1,12]; single digits are preceded by 0
%j	day number of year [1,366]; single digits are preceded by 0
%m	month number [1,12]; single digits are preceded by 0
%M	minute[00,59]; single digits are preceded by 0
%p	am or pm.
%P	AM or PM.
%S	seconds [00,61]
%w	weekday as a decimal number [0,6], with 0 representing Sunday
%y	year within century [00,99]
%Y	year, including the century (for example 1993)

Setting LOCALDATEFMT to a blank string will reset the resource to the default setting.

Default Setting

%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y

Resource Variables

N/A

Examples

The following sets the local date to use the long weekday and month names and 12 hour am/pm time:

<LocalDateFmt>
%A %B %d %I:%M:%S %p %y
</LocalDateFmt>

Version

2.0