dt_ansi_to_pretty (public)

 dt_ansi_to_pretty [ ansi_date ]

Defined in packages/acs-datetime/tcl/acs-datetime-procs.tcl

Converts an ANSI date into a localzed one. With no argument, it returns the current date based on server time. Works for both date and date-time strings.

Parameters:

ansi_date (optional)

Date in ANSI format (for example, 1998-09-05)

Returns:

Localized date (for example, on 'en_US', 05/09/98)

Testcases:

dt_localized_procs

Source code:

    if {$ansi_date eq ""} {
        set ansi_date [dt_sysdate]
    }

    return [lc_time_fmt $ansi_date "%x"]

XQL Not present:

PostgreSQL, Oracle

Generic XQL file:

packages/acs-datetime/tcl/acs-datetime-procs.xql