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style.speakDate (Property)

A format control that dictates the order in which date items are spoken.

Availability:

CSS level - 2
Property/method value type:String primitive
JavaScript syntax:nonemyStyle.speakDate
CSS syntax:speak-date: aFormat
Argument list:aFormatA date format to speak

Date values may need to be spoken in a manner appropriate to the context of the listener.

This for example may require the order in which the date components should be spoken to manage the regional differences. Typically the UK English and American English language variants exchange the day and month values for example.

The following keywords are supported to select an order for reading out the Day, Month and Year components of a date value:

Warnings:

See also:Aural style sheets

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