longFormat
longFormat(): String;
The longFormat method of the Date primitive type is defined by the current locale of the user.
The longFormat method returns the receiver as a string formatted in the long date format defined for the current locale of the user; for example, Wednesday, 04 08, 99 or Wed, August 4, 1999.
You can use the defineLongDateFormat method of the DateFormat class if you want to create your own transient format objects and define a long date format that dynamically overrides the format for the locale at run time. (For details, see Chapter 1 of the JADE Encyclopaedia of Classes.)
The longFormat method returns "*invalid*" for dates before 1601 or after 30827.
If you do not define the EnhancedLocaleSupport parameter in the [JadeEnvironment] section of the JADE initialization file on the database node or you set it to false, inconsistent results could be returned to the application server when running in JADE thin client mode and there are locale overrides, as all overrides on the application server are suppressed if enhanced locale support is not enabled. Formatting of locale data is done on the application server, based on the locale of the corresponding presentation client.
