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[date_int]

Description

Link: [date_int]

Author: Johan Sölve

Category: Date

Version: 8.x

License: Public Domain

Posted: Dec. 15, 2008

Updated: Dec. 16, 2008

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[date_int] is a custom type that works just like the native [date] type but that supports international output of monthnames and daynames.

The [date_int->format] member tag accepts a new -language parameter where you specify a 2-character language code for the desired language.
Falls back to English when specifying an unsupported language.

[date_int->format] also accepts a -case parameter to control the character case of the output. -case can be word, sentence, lower or upper.
Defaults to whatever case that is specified for the daynames and monthnames for each language.

[date_int->format] also accepts a -length parameter that specifies the number of characters that will be used for the abbreviated dayname and monthname (%a and %b).
Defaults to 3.

[date_int->dayofweek] and [date_int->month] supports the -language parameter as well as the -length parameter.

A new member tag [date_int -> setlanguage] makes it possible to set a default language for the [date_int] instance, which lets [date_int -> setformat] produce localized output.

Limitations:
date_int(-format='format string') only supports parsing English daynames and monthnames.

Update 2008-12-16:

optimizations
added the -length parameter
added member tag ->setlanguage to set default language for the instance
added support for ->dayofweek, ->month and ->setformat
uploaded the tag as zip file instead, to make Chinese and Greek survive

Credits to Jolle Carlestam who wrote the international monthName and dayName tags, which this custom type is based on.

Parameters

-formatstring	string, required	Standard Lasso date format string
-language	string, optional	Two-character language code for the desired output. Defaults to 'en' if the specified language is not supported.
-case	string, optional	The desired character case for the output. Specify 'word', 'sentence', 'lower' or 'upper'.
-length	integer, optional	Specifies the number of characters to use for the abbreviated dayname and monthname. Defaults to 3.

Sample Usage

date_int -> format('%A %d %B', -language='sv', -case='sentence');  // Måndag 15 december
date_int -> dayofweek(-long, -language='pt'); // terça feira
var('d'=date_int);
$d -> setlanguage('sv');
$d -> dayofweek(-long);  // måndag
$d -> setformat('%A');
$d;   // måndag

Source Code

Click the "Download" button below to retrieve a copy of this tag, including the complete documentation and sample usage shown on this page. Place the downloaded ".inc" file in your LassoStartup folder, restart Lasso, and you can begin using this tag immediately.

date_int.inc.zip (3.43 kb)

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