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LabVIEW
Format Date Time string language
Hi,
set the location to UK...
LabVIEW respects your local regional settings, so it gives German month names. When you need to be independent from OS settings you could implement your own conversion from month number to name...
@tcie wrote:
app will run on various machines in Switzerland, it's not an option....
It's the only option.
It's simple: either live with the names given by the OS, or convert month number to your own name.
Why isn't that an option?
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@tcie wrote:
That I know, I wonder if there's an elegant way to do that 😉
That depends a bit on how you're going to use it.
If you (or the user) specify the formatting from a file, you'd have to search and replace the resulting string.
If you have a VI that takes a timestamp, and outputs a string, it can be a lot simpler. An enum could also be used...
Hi tcie,
@tcie wrote:
but I was hoping that there's build in way to do it
The "built-in way" is to rely on the OS regional settings (either configured by the user or by the company admin).
When you want something different than the OS regional settings then you need to program it: you already got solutions…
@tcie wrote:
like I've told changing it is trivial
Yes, even wiebe's example is trivial.
You can pimp it up by implementing configuration files and options for your users to change the language/localization of your software…
