Texas Instruments TI-89

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Appendix A: System Routines — Operating System
TI
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89 / TI
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92 Plus Developer Guide
Not for Distribution
Beta Version January 26, 2001
LOC_formatDate
Declaration:
void
LOC_formatDate
(char const *
format
, int
y
, int
m
, int
d
, char
date
[])
Category(ies):
Operating System, Apps
Description:
Formats date according to
format
string.
Inputs:
format
— String containing date specifiers:
D — One- or two-digit day of month.
DD — Two-digit day of month (leading zero if
necessary).
M — One- or two-digit month.
MM — Two-digit month (leading zero if necessary).
YY — Two-digit year (year without century).
YYYY — Four-digit year.
Any other characters are copied to output.
y
— Year.
m
— Month.
d
— Day of month.
Outputs:
date
— String containing formatted date. Caller must supply buffer
long enough to contain formatted date and terminating zero
byte.
Assumptions:
None
Side Effects:
None
Availability:
On AMS 2.02 and higher.
TI-89 / TI-92 Plus
Differences:
None
See Also:
LOC_getLocalDateFormat, LOC_localVersionDate
Example:
char formattedDate[16];
int y = 2000, m = 6, d = 9;
LOC_formatDate("M/D/YYYY", y, m, d, formattedDate); /* 6/9/2000 */
LOC_formatDate("YYYY.MM.DD", y, m, d, formattedDate); /* 2000.06.09 */
LOC_formatDate("D-M-YY", y, m, d, formattedDate); /* 9-6-00 */
LOC_formatDate("MM/YYYY", y, m, d, formattedDate); /* 06/2000 */