# std::time_get::date_order, std::time_get::do_date_order

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Defined in header `<locale>` |  |
public: dateorder date_order() const; | (1) |
protected: virtual dateorder do_date_order() const; | (2) |

1) Public member function, calls the protected virtual member function `do_date_order` of the most derived class.
2) Returns a value of type std::time_base::dateorder, which describes the default date format used by this locale (expected by get_date() and produced by std::strftime() with format specifier '%x').

The valid values (inherited from std::time_base) are:

`no_order` | the format contains variable items (week day, Julian day, etc), or this function is not implemented
`dmy` | day, month, year (European locales)
`mdy` | month, day, year (American locales)
`ymd` | year, month, day (Asian locales)
`ydm` | year, day, month (rare)

### Parameters

(none)

### Return value

A value of type `dateorder`

### Notes

This function is optional, it may return `no_order` in every case.

### Example

Run this code

    #include <iostream>
    #include <locale>

    void show_date_order()
    {
        std::time_base::dateorder d = std::use_facet<std::time_get<char>>(
                                               std::locale()
                                      ).date_order();
        switch (d)
        {
            case std::time_base::no_order: std::cout << "no_order\n"; break;
            case std::time_base::dmy: std::cout << "day, month, year\n"; break;
            case std::time_base::mdy: std::cout << "month, day, year\n"; break;
            case std::time_base::ymd: std::cout << "year, month, day\n"; break;
            case std::time_base::ydm: std::cout << "year, day, month\n"; break;
        }
    }

    int main()
    {
        std::locale::global(std::locale("en_US.utf8"));
        std::cout << "In U.S. locale, the default date order is: ";
        show_date_order();

        std::locale::global(std::locale("ja_JP.utf8"));
        std::cout << "In Japanese locale, the default date order is: ";
        show_date_order();

        std::locale::global(std::locale("de_DE.utf8"));
        std::cout << "In German locale, the default date order is: ";
        show_date_order();
    }

Output:

    In U.S. locale, the default date order is: month, day, year
    In Japanese locale, the default date order is: year, month, day
    In German locale, the default date order is: day, month, year

### See also

do_get_date [virtual] | extracts month, day, and year from input stream (virtual protected member function)
time_base | defines date format constants (class)

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