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DTFormat

Syntax

DTformat require two items from stack, a date and a format.
it returns a string of the formated date.

Date

The first argument is a date, you can take any kind of date you want (julian day, gregorian, proleptic...)

Format list

The second argument is a string that describe the requested format.

format string	result	example
`c`	day number of the date week	`" 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 "`
`t`	same as `c`, with marked current day	`" 04 05 [06] 07 08 09 10 "`
`w`	constant string : name of day	`" Mo. Tu. We. Th. Fr. Sa. Su. "`
`n`	same as `w`, with week number	`" Mo. Tu. We. Th. Fr. Sa. Su. \|w8"`
`d`	current day name	`"Monday"`
`m`	current month name	`"March"`
`M`	current month name with year	`"March 2004"`
`e`	day/month/year	`"11/03/2004"`
`h`	hour:min:sec	`"15:22:00"`
`j`	corresponding Julian Day	`"2453075.5"`
`J`	corresponding Modified Julian Day	`"53075"`

Combined format string

You can combine serveral format string at once.
example <GR 2004𣇼9> "Mwt" DTFormat return the following string :

"February  2004
 Mo. Tu. We. Th. Fr. Sa. Su. 
 23  24  25  26  27  28 [29]"

This is a string with 3 lines (one for each format : "M", "w" and "t").

Examples

run Date, type "t", run DTFormat to get the week string, example " 04 05 [06] 07 08 09 10 "

run Date, type "e", run DTFormat to get date formated as used in some country (day/month/year), like "31/12/2003"

Advanced Example

You can build a program that display calandar, example

« CLLCD
Date "nt" DTFormat
1 Disp wait drop »

Just STO it into VAR, rename the corresponding file as "key_F9" and now you can run this program just by hiting your F9 key.

Note about program :
If you don't know how what to do with program, you can try by typing this (clic first on new « ») and use the run function to execute it.