# 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

Examples

          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()