Date formatting

[Trev@Work]

Is there a way to format a date to the current user's country settings?
The date I post from the Date() function (Mozilla/JavaScript) is
incomprehensibl e by the back-end application (ASP/VBScript).

[Grant Wagner]

Re: Date formatting

"Trev@Work" wrote:
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> Is there a way to format a date to the current user's country settings?
> The date I post from the Date() function (Mozilla/JavaScript) is
> incomprehensibl e by the back-end application (ASP/VBScript).[/color]

Use a date format both the client and the server are sure not to
misinterpret:

YYYYMMDD[HH[MM[SS]]]

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[Dr John Stockton]

Re: Date formatting

JRS: In article <410a3946$0$946 1$afc38c87@news .easynet.co.uk> , dated
Fri, 30 Jul 2004 13:04:17, seen in news:comp.lang. javascript, Trev@Work
<no.email@pleas e.?> posted :
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>Is there a way to format a date to the current user's country settings?
>The date I post from the Date() function (Mozilla/JavaScript) is
>incomprehensib le by the back-end application (ASP/VBScript).[/color]

Methods toString & toLocaleString may do it.

The settings accepted by the back end, if in some way national, do not
necessarily include all of those that the front-end users may have
selected.

There is known to be one American, for example, who uses YYYY-MM-DD;
there may be others who comply with FIPS, their Federal Standard.

If your back end can receive a time_t, then that might be the best to
use, since javascript holds date/time in that form - if D is the Date
Object, just send D.getTime() . The present value is a little under
1091232000.

Ideal standards include YYYYMMDDhhmmss & YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss ;
YYYY/MM/DD hh:mm:ss might be acceptable.

Consider carefully the effects of your local offset from GMT or UTC.

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