[AccessD] Determining Regional Date Setting

Stuart:

Very low-tech.  Very effective.  No APIs (woo-hoo!)

Thank you.

Rocky Smolin
Beach Access Software
http://www.e-z-mrp.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stuart McLachlan" <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg>
To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving"
<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2004 2:23 PM
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Determining Regional Date Setting


> On 2 May 2004 at 11:38, Rocky Smolin - Beach Access S wrote:
>
> > Dear list:
> >
> > Is there an easy way to determine if Windows is set to that 'other' date
format (dd/mm/yy)?
> >
> That's only one of a large number of possible alternatives.
>
> Why do you want to know. Depending on that, there are a number of
> tricks you can use.
>
> One simple way would be to compare Datevalue("1/6/04") to
> Datevalue("6 Jan 04") and Datevalue("1 Jun 04") and see which
> matches.
>
> A more complicated, but also more versatile  way is to use a call to
> the GetDateFormat() API and see exactly what regional format is in
> use.
>
>
>
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