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Format a date to a as short a string as possible

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Todays dates are shown as hh:mm, dates from yesterday and earlier as dd mmm.
This can be useful, since recent dates are showing more details

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<%
function FormDate(datum)
  if datum & "" = "" then FormDate="onbekend" : exit function
  if datum  = "1-1-1900" then FormDate="-nooit-" : exit function
  hulp=split(replace(datum,"/","-") & ""," ")
  if UBound(hulp)<1 then FormDate=datum & " !" : exit function
  tijd=split(hulp(1),":")
  if UBound(tijd)<2 then FormDate=datum & " !" : exit function
  dag=split(hulp(0),"-")
  if UBound(dag)<2 then FormDate=datum & " !" : exit function
  if instr(datum,"/")>0 then hulp=dag(1) : dag(1)=dag(0) : dag(0)=hulp
  if len(dag(1))=1 then dag(1)="0" & dag(1)
  dag(1)=mid("XXJanFebMrtAprMeiJunJulAugSepOktNovDec",dag(1)*3,3)
  if len(tijd(0))=1 then tijd(0)="0" & tijd(0)
  if len(tijd(1))=1 then tijd(1)="0" & tijd(1)
  if len(dag(0))=1 then dag(0)="0" & dag(0)
  if datum>=date() then
    FormDate=tijd(0) & ":" & tijd(1) & "u"
  else
    if year(datum)=year(date()) then
      FormDate=dag(0) & "-" & dag(1) & " " ' & tijd(0) & ":" & tijd(1) & "u"
    else
      FormDate=dag(0) & "-" & dag(1) & "-" & dag(2) & " " ' & tijd(0) & ":" & tijd(1) & "u"
    end if
  end if
end function
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