# ISO To American

**URL:** <https://the.fmsoup.org/t/iso-to-american/754>\
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**Created:** [February 12, 2020, 1:55pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/iso-to-american/754 "2020-02-12T13:55:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/iso-to-american/754/3 "2020-02-12T15:37:57Z")

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That's nice, but as I noted above, I want a general solution that isn't tied to FMP only. Plus, I want to use a Date API.

The solution you included works well, but it's convoluted (not your fault) and not intuitive. A Date API fixes that problem which is important for code maintenance (code clarity).

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