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andonir90417131
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October 28, 2022
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Custom Date in different languages

  • October 28, 2022
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Hi all! 🙂

 

I'm trying to populate a field with an automatic date.

Since I need different PDF's with different languages I thought an array specifying the name of the month would be an idea. Unfortunatelly I can't seem to find any solutions.

 
The one thread I found with f.value = util.printd("mmmm d, yyyy", newDate()); worked, but only in english 😕😕 

 

has someone an idea how I could do it?

I'm using Adobe Acrobat Pro DC

 

thank you in advance for your help 🙂 

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Correct answer bebarth

Here is an example with several other languages.

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JR Boulay
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JR BoulayCommunity Expert
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October 30, 2022

You can use this free Date picker, it works with 28 languages:

https://www.abracadabrapdf.net/utilitaires/utilities-in-english/magicdate-picker/

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    bebarth
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    bebarthCommunity Expert
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    October 28, 2022

    Hi,

    If you write:

     

    event.value=util.printd("date(en){MMMM}",new Date(),true);

     

    you will get the month in English, but if you write:

     

    event.value=util.printd("date(fr){MMMM}",new Date(),true);

     

    you will get it in French. So if you write:

     

    theLanguage=this.app.language.substr(0,2).toLowerCase();
event.value=util.printd("date("+theLanguage+"){MMMM}",new Date(),true);

     

    you will get the month in the language of your Acrobat application.

    https://opensource.adobe.com/dc-acrobat-sdk-docs/library/jsapiref/JS_API_AcroJS.html#language

    ...this is at a capital letter the same thing as:

     

    event.value=util.printd("mmmm",new Date());

     

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      bebarth
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      bebarthCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
      Community Expert
      October 29, 2022

      Here is an example with several other languages.

      @+

       

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        andonir90417131Author
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        October 31, 2022

        Thank you so much😁 this really helped and gave me the solution to my problem 😁👏🥳

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