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Variables

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OpenACS docs are written by the named authors, and may be edited by OpenACS documentation staff. -

Date and Time Variables

Starting with OpenACS 5.0 and the introduction of acs-lang, +

Date and Time Variables

Starting with OpenACS 5.0 and the introduction of acs-lang, we recommend retrieving date/time information from the database in - ANSI format and then using lc_time_fmt to format it for display.

Example�9.1.�Getting datetime from the database ANSI-style

db_multirow -extend { mydate_pretty } {
+    ANSI format and then using lc_time_fmt to format it for display.
Example�9.1.�Getting datetime from the database ANSI-style
db_multirow -extend { mydate_pretty } {
     select to_char(mydate, 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS') as mydate_ansi,
           ...
     ...