When NLSGetLocaleInfo (type, outstr) returns information about the date and time formats of the current locale, the value returned in outstr can be interpreted according to the following tables. Any text returned within a date and time string that is enclosed within single quotes should be left in the string in its exact form; that is, do not change the text or the location within the string.
Day
The day can be displayed in one of four formats using the letter "d". The table below shows the four variations:
| d | Day of the month as digits without leading zeros for single-digit days |
| dd | Day of the month as digits with leading zeros for single-digit days |
| ddd | Day of the week as a three-letter abbreviation (SABBREVDAYNAME) |
| dddd | Day of the week as its full name (SDAYNAME) |
Month
The month can be displayed in one of four formats using the letter "M". The uppercase "M" distinguishes months from minutes. The table below shows the four variations:
| M | Month as digits without leading zeros for single-digit months |
| MM | Month as digits with leading zeros for single-digit months |
| MMM | Month as a three-letter abbreviation (SABBREVMONTHNAME) |
| MMMM | Month as its full name (SMONTHNAME) |
Year
The year can be displayed in one of three formats using the letter "y". The table below shows the three variations:
| y | Year represented by only the last digit |
| yy | Year represented by only the last two digits |
| yyyy | Year represented by the full 4 digits |
Period/Era
The period/era string is displayed in a single format using the letters "gg".
| gg | Period/Era string |
Time
The time can be displayed in one of many formats using the letter "h" or "H" to denote hours, the letter "m" to denote minutes, the letter "s" to denote seconds and the letter "t" to denote the time marker. The table below shows the numerous variations of the time format. Lowercase "h" denotes the 12 hour clock and uppercase "H" denotes the 24 hour clock. The lowercase "m" distinguishes minutes from months.
| h | Hours without leading zeros for single-digit hours (12 hour clock) |
| hh | Hours with leading zeros for single-digit hours (12 hour clock) |
| H | Hours without leading zeros for single-digit hours (24 hour clock) |
| HH | Hours with leading zeros for single-digit hours (24 hour clock) |
| m | Minutes without leading zeros for single-digit minutes |
| mm | Minutes with leading zeros for single-digit minutes |
| s | Seconds without leading zeros for single-digit seconds |
| ss | Seconds with leading zeros for single-digit seconds |
| t | One-character time marker string |
| tt | Multicharacter time marker string |
Compatibility
CONSOLE STANDARD GRAPHICS QUICKWIN GRAPHICS WINDOWS DLL LIB
See Also: NLSGetLocale, NLSFormatDate, NLSFormatTime, NLSSetLocale
Example
USE DFNLS
INTEGER(4) strlen
CHARACTER(40) str
strlen = NLSGetLocaleInfo(NLS$LI_SDAYNAME1, str)
print *, str ! prints Monday if language is English
strlen = NLSGetLocaleInfo(NLS$LI_SDAYNAME2, str)
print *, str ! prints Tuesday if language is English