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Finance[FormatDate] - return a string containing a formatted date
Calling Sequence
FormatDate(data, format)
Parameters
data
-
record; date information
format
record, list, or a string; (optional) date format
Description
The FormatDate command formats the date according to the formatting specification given by the string format. The date format can be any format specification as described in StringTools[ParseTime]. If the original date is given as a string, the corresponding date format will be deduced.
Compatibility
The Finance[FormatDate] command was introduced in Maple 15.
For more information on Maple 15 changes, see Updates in Maple 15.
Examples
See Also
Finance[ParseDate], StringTools[ParseTime]
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