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Returns a pattern string for formatting and parsing dates according to the client's user preferences.
navigator.globalization.getDatePattern(successCB, errorCB, options);
It returns the pattern to the successCB callback with a properties object as a parameter. That object should have the following properties:
If there is an error obtaining the pattern, then the errorCB callback is invokedwith a GlobalizationError object as a parameter. The expected code for this error is GlobalizationError.PATTERN_ERROR.
options.formatLength
can be ‘short’, ‘medium’, ‘long’, or ‘full’. options.selector
can be ‘date’, ‘time’ or ‘date and time’.
The default options are {formatLength:'short', selector:'date and time'}
. The options parameter is optional.
In the case when the browser is set to the en_US locale, this should display a popup dialog with text similar to “pattern: M/d/yyyy h:mm a”.
function checkDatePattern() { navigator.globalization.getDatePattern( function (date) {alert('pattern: ' + date.pattern + '\n');}, function () {alert('Error getting pattern\n');}, {formatLength:'short', selector:'date and time'} ); }
<!DOCTYPE HTML> <html> <head> <title>Cordova</title> <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="cordova-2.8.0.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"> function checkDatePattern() { navigator.globalization.getDatePattern( function (date) {alert('pattern: ' + date.pattern + '\n');}, function () {alert('Error getting pattern\n');}, {formatLength:'short', selector:'date and time'} ); } </script> </head> <body> <button onclick="checkDatePattern()">Click for pattern</button> </body> </html>
formatLength
option supports only short and full values.pattern
property for date and time
pattern returns only full datetime format.timezone
property returns full time zone namedst_offset
returned property is not supported and always returns zero.