Re: [Vala] Date format

[rastersoft <raster rastersoft com>]

Hi:

> > Also, what
> > I really want is the date in the format "March 5, 2018", not 
> "03/05/18",
> > but it seems that only %c does that, but adds a lot of extra data 
> that I
> > don't want like the time zone.
>
> As Christian Hergert suggests, DateTime is very useful. This works for me:
>
> void main () {
>     var date = new DateTime.now_local();
>     print (date.format("%B %e, %Y"));
> }
>
> That prints March 28, 2018 today. There are a whole load of formatting

Yes, but the problem is that, in Spain, we use the opposite format: we 
write first the day's number, then the month's name, and finally the 
year, so I need to know if in my current locale I have to "%B %e, %Y", 
or "%e %B %Y" (without the comma), and so on... That's my problem. Using 
'%c' does that, but adds a lot of extra information that I don't want, 
like the timezone.