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Getting Regional Date Formats

Format dates/times without VB Format statement!! True WYSIWIG uses Regional Configurations and Windows API to do formatting. Date function is Y2K compliant(optional). For those who need a date or time string to use with Vb Format, 2 functions are provided which translate the regional date/time strings to a string compatible with the VB Format statement. […]

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Format dates/times without VB Format statement!! True WYSIWIG uses Regional Configurations and Windows API to do formatting.

Date function is Y2K compliant(optional). For those who need a date or time string to use with Vb Format, 2 functions are provided which translate the regional date/time strings to a string compatible with the VB Format statement. Written in Vb5.

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