Last updated January 26, 2002

Schedule+ Printing Model / Overview Layout Description Print Objects and Properties Paper Format Description
Print Objects and Properties Objects Properties
Properties DATEFMT DELTAYMD OPTIONS OVERFLOW RANGE STYLES TIMEFMT VALUE

DATEFMT

The DATEFMT property specifies the date format for any object that outputs a date. This property has the following format:

DATE  {string}

The string specifies one of the following formats in which to print the date.

Specifier Item Values
M Month 1-12
MM Month 01-12
MMM Month Jan-Dec
MMMM Month January-December
d Day 1-31
dd Day 01-31
ddd Day Mon-Sun
dddd Day Monday-Sunday
yy Year 00-99
yyyy Year 1900-2040

The following examples illustrate the different formats.
Format Translates to
d MMMM,yyyy 14 July, 1990
dddd, MMMM d, yyyy Thursday, July 14, 1990
dd-MM-yyyy 14-07-1990