Get Date/Time String function problem

[Mil_E]

I have spent a considerable amount of time this morning trying to get the 'Get Date/Time String' function to work correctly.  Regardless of the 'date format' and 'want seconds' settings I can only get a string of the form yyyy-MM-dd and HH:mm!

I have just discovered that the function is dependent on the settings within 'Regional and Language Options' within the Windows XP control panel.  (See attached screen dumps of examples).

It therefore appears to be a dangerous function as there is no way of knowing what the control panel settings of a particular machine will be. 

Why is this limitation / dependence is not documented in the help files?

[Mathan]

duplicate post

[TCPlomp]

You should us the 'Format Date/Time String' function.

 There you can set the time formatter.

Ton