How can I get default/local Date/Time patterns/formats?

Dear all,

Problem: How can I get default/local Date/Time patterns/ format s?

There are a lot of functions that use format as input parameter:

datenum ("datestr", format); 
datestr (DATE, format); 
...

But which function returns format as output parameter?

For example, in Powershell I can get it like that:

PS H:\>(Get-Culture).DateTimeFormat.ShortDatePattern 
yyyy-MM-dd
PS H:\> (Get-Culture).DateTimeFormat.ShortTimePattern 
HH:mm

Answer 1

[Ravi Chaitanya]

Hello Deniss,

As per my understanding, you want to know if there is a command to get the date/time format.

It is possible to do so by using “datetime”. Below is the code snippet illustrating the same:

curDateTime=datetime;
curDateTime.Format

The output of the above command tells the format for date and time.

Further, it is also possible to specify the format you want to use as given below:

curDateTime.Format='yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm';  
curDateTime

The output of the above snippet will output the date and time in the specified format.

Please refer to the MathWorks documentation on datetime to know more.

Thanks!