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Converting month (number) to month (text)?

 
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1itsolution



Joined: 25 Apr 2008
Posts: 3
PostPosted: Fri May 30, 2008 8:01 am    Post subject: Converting month (number) to month (text)? Reply with quote
My script pulls the last modified date from a particular file and returns that as a string. I then want to echo that string to screen in a user friendly format.

So, I have two variables one for the year (_AppYear = 2008) and one for the month (_AppMonth = 04 in this case). I would like the end user to see April instead of 04, or August instead of 08. I imagine I need some sort of table that my script can reference the month string against and return the appropriate month in text.

I'm sure this is very simple but being a relative noob, I'm scratching my head.

Hope someone can point me in the right direction.

Here's my portion of code so far:

Code:

; Checks the datestamp of a file on install disc to confirm that the user is installing the correct monthly update.
FileGetTime, _datestamp, %_FileCheckDataCab%, M
StringLeft, _AppYear, _datestamp, 4
StringMid, _AppMonth, _datestamp, 5, 2
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Klaus



Joined: 12 May 2005
Posts: 205
Location: Münster, Germany
PostPosted: Fri May 30, 2008 8:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hi, 1itsolution,
try something like this
Code:

month05=May
; and so on ...

number=05

msgbox, % month%number%
return

Hope I could help,
Klaus
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HugoV



Joined: 27 May 2007
Posts: 650
PostPosted: Fri May 30, 2008 8:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Look into FormatTime
Code:
FileGetTime, _datestamp, %A_ScriptDir%\%A_ScriptName%, M
FormatTime, _Displaydatestamp, %_datestamp%, dd MMM yyyy
MsgBox % _Displaydatestamp
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1itsolutution
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PostPosted: Fri May 30, 2008 8:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thank you both I will try these now.
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