setTextFormat

Sets the formatting pattern for the dates.

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Syntax

date.setTextFormat(pattern);

Parameters

pattern (string) - text format

Examples

var date = new AW.Formats.Date;
date.setTextFormat("dddd, mmmm d, yyyy hh:mm:ss");

<script> var myData = [ ["Grid 1.0", "5/18/2004"], ["ActiveWidgets 2.0", "2/8/2006"] ]; // date converter var date = new AW.Formats.Date; date.setTextFormat("dddd, mmmm d, yyyy hh:mm:ss"); // grid control var obj = new AW.UI.Grid; obj.setCellData(myData); obj.setCellFormat(date, 1); obj.setColumnCount(2); obj.setRowCount(2); document.write(obj); </script>

Remarks

format pattern tokens -

hh         // hours
:mm or mm: // minutes 
ss         // seconds
tt         // AM/PM
dddd       // long weekdays
ddd        // short weekdays
dd         // day (leading zero)
d          // day
mmmm       // long month
mmm        // short month
mm         // month (leading zero)
m          // month
yyyy       // year (4 digits)
yy         // year (2 digits)

See also

setDataFormat, setCellFormat methods