{"id":28244,"date":"2021-06-15T11:19:13","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T11:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/?p=28244"},"modified":"2021-09-01T09:36:28","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T09:36:28","slug":"how-to-read-and-set-date-format-of-logged-in-user-in-pcf-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/how-to-read-and-set-date-format-of-logged-in-user-in-pcf-control\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Read and Set Date Format of Logged-in User in PCF Control"},"content":{"rendered":"

Introduction<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Recently in our PCF control, we got the requirement that when the user selects a date from the calendar control then that date format should be of logged-in user. In this blog, we will check how to achieve the same.<\/p>\n

Scenario:<\/h3>\n

Here is my current user settings in Dynamics 365 CRM.<\/p>\n

\"ReadAndSetDateFormat\"<\/a><\/p>\n

As you can see here, the date format are as follows:<\/p>\n

Short date: yyyy\/MM\/dd<\/p>\n

Long date: MMMM,d,yyyy<\/p>\n

In this example, I will be retrieving short date format.<\/p>\n

Example<\/h3>\n

Here is the pop-up window in which I want to retrieve some basic user information including their joining date.<\/p>\n

\"ReadAndSetDateFormat\"<\/a><\/p>\n

For Joining date field, I have used fabric UI datepicker control. Now when the user selects a date from datepicker like below then I want to set the date in the format of current logged-in user.<\/p>\n

\"ReadAndSetDateFormat\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Get the Date Format<\/strong><\/h3>\n

To get the logged-in user date format settings, I have retrieved dateFormattingInfo from PCF context object as below:<\/p>\n

Context.userSettings.dateFormattingInfo.shortDatePattern. \/\/For Short Date Format.<\/p>\n

Context.userSettings.dateFormattingInfo.longDatePattern. \/\/For Long Date Format.<\/p>\n

Set the date in datepicker control<\/strong><\/h3>\n

To set the retrieved date format to the datepicker control, I have used formatDate property of datepicker control.<\/p>\n

\"ReadAndSetDateFormat\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Here is the function to set the user selected date:<\/p>\n

\"ReadAndSetDateFormat\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Result<\/strong><\/h3>\n

As you can see in the below image, I was able to set the date in logged-in user’s format(yyyy\/MM\/dd )<\/p>\n

\"ReadAndSetDateFormat\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Conclusion<\/strong><\/h2>\n

With the help of Context.userSettings.dateFormattingInfo.shortDatePattern<\/strong>, we can read and set date from logged-in user’s date format.<\/p>\n

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Introduction Recently in our PCF control, we got the requirement that when the user selects a date from the calendar control then that date format should be of logged-in user. In this blog, we will check how to achieve the same. Scenario: Here is my current user settings in Dynamics 365 CRM. As you can\u2026 Read More: How to Read and Set Date Format of Logged-in User\u2026 »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1929],"tags":[1941,2291,2302,2303],"class_list":["post-28244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-controls","category-pcf","tag-pcf-control","tag-pcf-dataset-control","tag-read-date","tag-set-date"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t