rbf_getDateInUserFormatFromISO

Warning: Support for using this method with external objects (such as those mapped to external tables, to OpenEdge Service objects, or through a HDP connection) is a beta feature. This method is supported in production systems, except for external objects.

Purpose

This function converts an input Date or Date/Time value from ISO format to User format.

Syntax

rbf_getDateInUserFormatFromISO(inputDate, format)

Parameters

inputDate

The Date or Date/Time value to be returned.

format

The format of the date to be returned. To convert input value into Date format, enter Date and to convert input value into Date/Time format, enter DateTime in the format parmeter.

Example

If the user selects MMM d, yyyy format for Date from the Localization settings as shown below:

rbf_getDateInUserFormatFromISO("2018-06-15", "Date"); // Date Format

The output result is

Jun 15, 2018

If the user selects MMM d, yyyy, h:mm:ss tt 'GMT+5:30 format for Date/Time from the Localization settings as shown below:

rbf_getDateInUserFormatFromISO("06/24/2018, 12:00 AM", "DateTime"); //DateTime Format