[#BloombergLP-bdlt-DateTzFormatter-parseNextSpecifier]
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Parse the next recognized date&hyphen;tz format specifier from `&ast;specInOut`&period;

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;bdlt&lowbar;datetzformatter&period;h&gt;`

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constexpr
bool
parseNextSpecifier(xref:BloombergLP/bdlt/DateTzFormatter.adoc[StringView]* specInOut);
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== Description

If the first character of the specified `&ast;specInOut` is recognized by this specifier formatter, parse it, remove it from `&ast;specInOut`, and return `true`, otherwise return `false` with no modification to `&ast;specInOut`&period; The behavior is undefined if `&ast;specInOut` is empty&period;

== Return Value

`true` if a specifier was consumed

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *specInOut*
| remaining format specification
|===


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