parseShortWithCurrentLocale

parseShortWithCurrentLocale(source:    String;
                            errOffset: Integer output): Integer updating;

The parseShortWithCurrentLocale method of the Date primitive type parses the string specified in the source parameter to ensure that it matches the short date format of the current locale in terms of element (day, month, year) order and separators and if valid, assigns the value to the receiver.

If the value of the source parameter matches the format rules, the method returns zero (0) and sets the receiver to the parsed value. If it does not match the format rules, it returns a JADE error code (parse errors are in the range 1800 through 1869), indicates the first offending character returning its zero-based offset using the output errOffset parameter, and sets the receiver to the invalid date value (the isValid method of the Date primitive type will return false).

This is equivalent to calling the parseShortWithFmtAndLcid method, passing null in the fmt parameter and zero (0) in the lcid parameter.

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.