[jawsscripts] Re: Day Of Week format and usage of SysGetDate
- From: "Martin" <martinfc@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:54:32 -0500
Ah, thanks for that. What a picky interpreter. <smile>
> Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:17:41 -0500
> From: "David Farough" <David.Farough@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ReplyTo: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Day Of Week format and usage of SysGetDate
>
> Hi Martin:
> First of all, this syntax will work.
> GetDayOfWeek (SysGetDate ("yyyy/MM/dd"))
>
> If you want to use the optional parameter you would specify either "L"
> for the long day which is the default, or "S" which will provide the
> abbreviated day string. This is optional as I mentioned earlier so
> unless you want the abbreviated day string , you can leave it out.
> Also, If you were using the insert I script in script manager to code
> this function call, you need to remove the comma for the optional
> parameter if you are not going to use it. I noticed that this was not
> done when I activated the finish button.
>
> Now about the quirk in the SysGetDate function.
>
> I noticed that you have to be careful when specifying the format for the
> date to be returned. The case used for the date format has to be
> specific. I found that the month had to be specified using upper case
> MM and that the year and day formats need to be specified using Lower
> case characters. Therefore, to use this function with the GetDayOfWeek
> function, You need to use the following format string for the SysGetDate
> function: "yyyy/MM/dd"
>
> I was using Jaws 10.512.
>
>
>
>
> David Farough
> Application Accessibility Coordinator/coordonateur de l'accessibilité
> Information Technology Services Directorate /
> Direction des services d'information technologiques
> Public Service Commission / Commission de la fonction publique Email /
> Courriel: David.Farough@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>
> >>> "Martin" <martinfc@xxxxxxxxxx> 04:30 pm Thursday, December 11, 2008
> >>>
> Hello there,
> I'm trying to use the getDayOfWeek() function, however I keep getting a
> syntax error.
> Can someone give me an example on how this function should be
> structured.
> I'd like to copy the result into a string variable.
> Thanks,
> Martin
>
>
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