[#BloombergLP-bdlt-DateFormatter-formatNextSpecifier] = xref:BloombergLP.adoc[BloombergLP]::xref:BloombergLP/bdlt.adoc[bdlt]::xref:BloombergLP/bdlt/DateFormatter.adoc[DateFormatter]::formatNextSpecifier :relfileprefix: ../../../ :mrdocs: If the first character of the specified `*specInOut` is recognized by this specifier formatter, use it to format the specified `value` to `*outIt`, remove the character from `*specInOut`, and return `true`, otherwise return `false` with no modification to `*specInOut`. == Synopsis Declared in `<bdlt_dateformatter.h>` [source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"] ---- template<class t_ITERATOR> bool formatNextSpecifier( bsl::basic_string_view<t_CHAR>* specInOut, t_ITERATOR* outIt, xref:BloombergLP/bdlt/DateFormatter_Cache.adoc[DateFormatter_Cache] const& value) const; ---- [.small]#Created with https://www.mrdocs.com[MrDocs]#