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System Variables
MENUECHO
Sets menu echo and prompt control bits.
edtime
Returns a formatted date and time based on a given picture.
$(edtime, time, picture)
Edits the AutoCAD LT Julian date given by time (obtained, for example, from
$(getvar,date) according to the given picture). The picture consists of
format phrases replaced by specific representations of the date and time.
Characters not interpretable as format phrases are copied literally into the
result of $(edtime). Format phrases are defined as shown in the following
table. Assume that the date and time are Saturday, 5 September 1998
4:53:17.506.
edtime format phrases
OutputFormatOutputFormat
4H5D
04HH05DD
53MMSatDDD
17SSSaturdayDDDD
506MSEC9M
AMAM/PM09MO
amam/pmSepMON
AA/PSeptemberMONTH
aa/p98YY
1998YYYY
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