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NAME DATE$
Chapter 2 Program Instructions
Field of Application Statement for formatting the month parameter in return strings of
DATE$("F") and DATEADD$(...,"F").
Syntax NAME DATE$ ,
is the month number (1-12)
is the desired name of the month
Remarks This statement allows you to assign names to the different months in any form
and language you like. The names will be returned instead of the corresponding
numbers in connection with DATE$("F") and DATEADD$("F") instructions,
provided that a FORMAT DATE$ statement has been executed.
The number of characters assigned to represent months in the FORMAT
DATE$ statement decides how much of the names, as specified in the NAME
DATE$ statement, will be returned. The names will be truncated at the left
side. For example:
FORMAT DATE$ "YY.MMM:DD"
NAME DATE$ 1,"JANUARY"
PRINT DATE$("F") yields e.g.:
99.ARY.06
Usually, it is best to restrict the month parameter in the FORMAT DATE$
statement to 2 or 3 characters (MM or MMM) and enter the names of the
months in the NAME DATE$ statement accordingly.
Example This example shows how to make the printer return dates in accordance with
British standard:
10 DATE$="990601"
20 NAME DATE$ 1, "JAN"
30 NAME DATE$ 2, "FEB"
40 NAME DATE$ 3, "MAR"
50 NAME DATE$ 4, "APR"
60 NAME DATE$ 5, "MAY"
70 NAME DATE$ 6, "JUN"
80 NAME DATE$ 7, "JUL"
. . . . .
140 FORMAT DATE$ "MMM_DD,_YYYY"
150
RUN
PRINT DATE$("F")
yields:
JUN 01, 1999
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