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DateFormat

Returns a representation of a file's current date format

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Eilert Sundt
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Sample input:

Sample output:

YYYY-MM-DD
DD-MM-YYYY
M/D/YYYY

Function definition: (Copy & paste into FileMaker's Edit Custom Function window)

Let (
#Sample = GetAsText ( Date ( 1 ; 2 ; 3333 ) )
;
  Substitute ( #Sample ; 
    [ "01" ; "MM" ] ;
    [ "1" ; "M" ] ;
    [ "02" ; "DD" ] ;
    [ "2" ; "D" ] ;
    [ "3" ; "Y" ]
  ) // EndSubstitute
) // EndLet

This function returns a text representation of a file's current date format

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