SET DATE

Assings a date format or chooses a predefined date data set.

Syntax

SET DATE FORMAT [TO] <cFormat>

SET DATE [TO] [ ANSI / BRITISH / FRENCH / GERMAN / ITALIAN / JAPAN

/ USA / AMERICAN]

Arguments

<cFormat> Keyword for date format

Description

This command sets the date format for function display purposes. If specified,<cFormat> may be a customized date format in which the letters d,m and y may be used to desing a date format.The default is an AMERICAN date format;specifying no parameters will set the date format to AMERICAN.Below is a table of the varius predefined dates formats.

Syntax	Date Format
ANSI	yy.mm.dd
BRITISH	dd/mm/yy
FRENCH	dd/mm/yy
GERMAN	dd.mm.yy
ITALIAN	dd-mm-yy
JAPAN	yy.mm.dd
USA	mm-dd-yy
AMERICAN	mm/dd/yy

      SET DATE JAPAN
      ? DATE()
      SET DATE GERMAN
      ? Date()
Tests
      See tests/dates.prg

Status

Ready

Compliance

This command is Ca-Clipper compliant

See Also

• SET DATE
• SET EPOCH
• CTOD()
• DATE()
• DTOC()
• SET()