DateShortHand.calc

Let([
	_month_full = 
		Choose( Month( theDate )
		; ""
		; "January"
		; "February"
		; "March"
		; "April"
		; "May"
		; "June"
		; "July"
		; "August"
		; "September"
		; "October"
		; "November"
		; "December"
		);
	_month_short = Left( _month_full; 3 );
	_year_short = Right( Year( theDate ); 2)
	];
	Case (
		//-- Future tests for format type go here
		True;
			_month_short & " " & _year_short
	)
)

/* —————————————————————————————— //
NAME:
	date.shorthand( theDate ; format )

PURPOSE:
	Returns shorthand format of date

EXAMPLES:
	date.shorthand ( "3/4/10"; "" ) = "Apr 10"

HISTORY:
	Created: 2010-Aug-04 16h27 PST — Donovan A. Chandler
*/