Localized date time won't convert to dateItems

[Klaus major-k]

Hi Roger,

> Am 23.07.2016 um 17:34 schrieb Roger Eller <roger.e.eller at sealedair.com>:
> 
> I have an application running on Windows 7.  Windows is localized for
> Spanish language, and resides in Mexico.  Convert doesn't work.  In their
> default format, convert VAR to dateItems returns the original unchanged VAR
> content.
> 
> This is my workaround.  Is there a better way?
> 
> put "22/07/2016 05:22 p.m." into tMEXdate
> replace "a.m" with "AM" in tMEXdate
> replace "p.m" with "PM" in tMEXdate
> set the itemDel to "/"
> put item 1 of tMEXdate into tDD
> put item 2 of tMEXdate into tMM
> put tMM into item 1 of tMEXdate
> put tDD into item 2 of tMEXdate
> -- now it is the same as in USA
> -- "07/22/2016 05:22 PM"
> convert tMEXdate to dateItems

don't know if that will work for you, but "usesystemdate" did the trick for a german date:
...
set the usesystemdate to TRUE
put "Samstag, 23. Juli 2016 17:44" into tDate
convert tDate to dateitems
put tDate
...
-> 2016,7,23,17,44,0,7

> ~Roger

Best

Klaus

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