Modern Chrono DateTime ToLocaleDateString

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DateTime.ToLocaleDateString

Returns the date as the machine's locale writes it, for display only.

Syntax

DateTime.ToLocaleDateString

Examples

#import "std/chrono"
using chrono

dim as DateTime d = DateTime( 2026, 8, 13, 14, 30, 5, 123 )
'' WHATEVER THE MACHINE'S LOCALE SAYS, so the exact text cannot be
'' asserted and must not be written to a file. ToIsoString is the one
'' that round-trips.
print len( d.ToLocaleDateString( ) ) > 0         '' -1 (true)
print len( d.ToLocaleDateString( lsLong ) ) > 0  '' -1 (true)

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