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%%[
    /* Declare variables */
    var @dateColumn, @dateValue, @dataExtensionName
    var @attributeToSearch, @valueToSearch, @formatDate

    /* Set the name of the data extension to be used */
    set @dataExtensionName = "My_DataExtension"

    /* Set the attribute to search by in the data extension */
    set @attributeToSearch = {{attributeToSearch}} 

    /* Set the value to search for in the given attribute */
    set @valueToSearch = {{valueToSearch}} 

    /* Specify the date column to retrieve from the data extension */
    set @dateColumn = {{datecolumn}} 

    /* Fetch the date value from the data extension */
    set @dateValue = LookUp(@dataExtensionName, @dateColumn, @attributeToSearch, @valueToSearch)

    /* Validate if a value was returned */
    if not empty(@dateValue) then
        /* Format the fetched date into a localized French format */
        set @formatDate = FormatDate(@dateValue, "L", , "fr_FR")

        /* Output the formatted date value */
        OutputLine(concat("Formatted Date in French: ", v(@formatDate)))
    else
        /* Handle cases where no date is returned */
        OutputLine("No valid date found in the data extension.")
    endif
]%%