How do I get local system format (like dd-mm-yyyy or mm/dd/yyyy) in matlab ?

df = 'mm/dd/yyyy';datestr(datenum(today),df)

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

datestr(today, 'local')

Or is the question to find out what the system format is ?

[MUTHUKUMAR SETHURAM]

Hi Roberson,

Thanks for your reply and i have attached PC date screen (mm/dd/yyyy) . i need that format of PC date.

can you help me ?

[MUTHUKUMAR SETHURAM]

Please see this Capture.PNG

[Walter Roberson]

It appears the relevant MS Windows API call are: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd319114(v=vs.85).aspx and https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd318131(v=vs.85).aspx

To avoid having to write some C++ code to retrieve the information, it is plausible that you might be able to find a Java method for this, or an ActiveX method. This is some sample VBS code at http://www.vb-helper.com/howto_format_time.html