setDateFormat(format)
Sets the date format. By default, the date format is '%Y-%m-%d'.
Parameters:
- format - the custom date format string.
myCalendar.setDateFormat("%d/%m/%y");
Description:
Format string can contain any separator character and any element from the following list:
- %d - day as number ( with leading zero );
- %j - day as number;
- %D - abbreviated name of the day;
- %l - full name of the day;
- %m - month as number ( with leading zero );
- %n - month as number;
- %M - abbreviated name of the month;
- %F - full name of the month;
- %y - year as number (2 digits);
- %Y - year as number (4 digits);
- %h - hours (12);
- %H - hours (24);
- %i - minutes;
- %s - seconds;
- %a - am or pm;
- %A - AM or PM.
For example, if you want to set 1st June 2011 as 01.06.2011, the following format should be specified:
myCalendar.setDateFormat("%d.%m.%Y");
See also:
Note
You can find mentioning of the date format on the following pages: