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SET DATESTRINGS

FUNCTION

This directive changes the value of the DATESTRINGS system variable. SET DATESTRINGS is a Thoroughbred Basic directive that can be executed from within a script.

SYNTAX

SET DATESTRINGS datestring$
datestring$
is a string that contains the names of the 12 months and seven days of the week, separated by single commas, without spaces. The names can be in any language. The string must contain 19 names and 18 commas.

NOTES

  • For more information on this Thoroughbred Basic directive see the Thoroughbred Basic Language Reference.

SEE ALSO

DATESTRINGS, SET, SYSTEM-TIME, SYSTEM-DATE, TERMINAL-DATE, SET DATEMASK in this manual, and SET DATESTRINGS and DATESTRINGS in the Thoroughbred Basic Language Reference

From the Script-IV Language Reference, version 8.9.1. Open this page in the PDF