I need help with Windows date formats.

[shieldshock]

I have datawindows with fields using the [date] tag in the mask. This is good because it displays dates in the correct order (For international purposes). However, I don't want exactly what Windows has in the control panel. I want two digit years instead of the default four.

I've been trying to set thread level settings using external calls to SetLocaleInfo

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms776312.aspx

as well as SetThreadLocale

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms776285.aspx

but I can't seem to get it working.

Help would be greatly appreciated.

-Shields

 

[bernds44]

Hi,

use a editmask field with disply-format property set to dd/mm/yy/ or dd.mm.yy or anything propper for the format you want to display the date value. You can see the allowed formats from powerbuilder help. If the data should not be editable, set display only property to true or tab-value to 0(zero) in design window of your datawindow.

Also you could use a computed field where you format the date-value if it is only for displaying purpose