11 use vars qw($VERSION @ISA @EXPORT @EXPORT_OK %EXPORT_TAGS);
26 #Get the database handle
27 my $dbh = C4::Context->dbh;
28 return C4::Context->preference('dateformat');
31 sub display_date_format
33 my $dateformat = get_date_format();
35 if ( $dateformat eq "us" )
39 elsif ( $dateformat eq "metric" )
43 elsif ( $dateformat eq "iso" )
49 return "Invalid date format: $dateformat. Please change in system preferences";
59 my $dateformat = get_date_format();
61 if ( $dateformat eq "us" )
63 $olddate = ParseDate($olddate);
64 $newdate = UnixDate($olddate,'%m/%d/%Y');
66 elsif ( $dateformat eq "metric" )
68 $olddate = ParseDate($olddate);
69 $newdate = UnixDate($olddate,'%d/%m/%Y');
71 elsif ( $dateformat eq "iso" )
73 $olddate = ParseDate($olddate);
74 $newdate = UnixDate($olddate,'%Y-%m-%d');
78 return "Invalid date format: $dateformat. Please change in system preferences";