Programming ColdFusion

Name

LSDateFormat

Synopsis

LSDateFormat(date [, mask])

Returns a locale-specific date format according to mask. If no value is specified for mask, LSDateFormat( ) uses the locale-specific default. Valid entries for mask are:

Mask	Description
d	Day of the month as a number with no leading zero for single-digit days
dd	Day of the month as a number with a leading zero for single-digit days
ddd	Three-letter abbreviation for day of the week
dddd	Full name of the day of the week
gg	Period/era; currently ignored
m	Month as a number with no leading zero for single-digit months
mm	Month as a number with a leading zero for single-digit months
mmm	Three-letter abbreviation for the month
mmmm	Full name of the month
y	Last two digits of year with no leading zero for years less than 10
yy	Last two digits of year with a leading zero for years less than 10
yyyy	Four digit year

The following example applies the LSDateFormat( ) function to each locale:

<CFLOOP INDEX="locale" LIST="#Server.Coldfusion.SupportedLocales#">
  <CFSET temp = SetLocale(locale)>
  <CFOUTPUT>
    <P><B>#locale#</B><BR>
    #LSDateFormat(Now(  ))#<BR> 
    #LSDateFormat(Now(  ), "d/m/yy")#<BR>
    #LSDateFormat(Now(  ), "d-mmm-yyyy")#<BR>
    #LSDateFormat(Now(  ), 'dd mmm yy')#<BR>
    #LSDateFormat(Now(  ), 'dddd, mmmm dd, yyyy')#<BR>
    #LSDateFormat(Now(  ), "mm/dd/yyyy")#<BR>
    #LSDateFormat(Now(  ), "mmmm d, yyyy")#<BR>
    #LSDateFormat(Now(  ), "mmm-dd-yyyy")#<BR>
  </CFOUTPUT>
</CFLOOP>