SET DATE

Assigns 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 design 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 various 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

Examples

      SET DATE JAPAN
      ? Date()
      SET DATE GERMAN
      ? Date()

Compliance

Clipper

Seealso

SET DATE, SET EPOCH, CToD(), Date(), DToC(), Set()