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SysCultureFormat

SysCulture Format Function

Converts the specified Value to text displayed using the FormatString designated by the Microsoft® Windows regional settings on the local machine.
For example, on a machine using the English (United States) regional settings, the "short date" FormatString displays mm/dd/yyyy and the "currency" FormatString displays $1,234.00. On a machine using the French (France) Culture setting, the "short date" FormatString displays dd/mm/yyyy and the "currency" FormatString displays 1 234,00 €

Syntax

SysCultureFormat(scalar Value, scalar FormatString)

Arguments

ArgumentDescription
scalar ValueValue to be converted
scalar FormatStringFormat for output

Examples

SysCultureFormat (Now(), 'MMM dd, YYY')

Returns the current DateTime in specified date format.