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Name: dateFormat
Type: function
Syntax: the [{ long | abbreviated | short }] [{ english | system }] dateFormat
<return|Returns> a <string> describing a given date format using the
syntax described below.
Introduced: 1.1
OS: mac, windows, linux, ios, android
Platforms: desktop, server, mobile
put the long dateFormat into stringToParse
The <dateFormat> <function> <return|returns> a string.
Description:
Use the <dateFormat> <function> to obtain the general format of the date
for further processing.
The <dateFormat> <function> returns a <string> containing one or more
formatting incantations, each of which describes a part of the requested
date <format>. The possible incantations are as follows:
Abbreviated weekday name:  the abbreviated day of the week, as reported
by the <weekdayNames> function
Full weekday name:  the full day of the week, as reported by the
weekdayNames function
Abbreviated month name:  the abbreviated month name, as reported by the
monthNames function
Full month name:  the full month name, as reported by the monthNames
Day of the month:  the day of the month as a number
Month number:  the number of the month
Two-digit year:  the year as a two-digit number
Four-digit year:  This incantation indicates the year as a four-digit
number (including the century)
Day of the week:  A number between 1 and 7
>*Note:* The <dateFormat> differs from other date/time functionality in
> that the default is to return information relative to the system
> locale. i.e. the dateFormat is equivalent to the system dateFormat
References: convert (command), function (control structure),
monthNames (function), format (function), date (function),
weekdayNames (function), return (glossary), string (keyword),
long (keyword), english (keyword), short (keyword), system (keyword),
abbreviated (keyword), useSystemDate (property)

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