The DATE FORMAT substatement of the FIELD statement describes the format of a date field on the form. This substatement converts the date value to a string value as described by the date string. This is the same format used by the system function @DATSTR. If this statement is omitted, the default value is MM/DD/YY (optionally YYYY-MM-DD or DD/MM/YYYY if ENABLE (ISO;EUR) DATE is in effect).
/[DATE FORMAT date_string]
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date_string |
specifies the date output format. This is identical to the format used by the system function @DATSTR. The format must be enclosed in quotation marks. See the ACCENT R Reference Manual for a detailed description of @DATSTR formats. |
/DATE FORMAT "WWW, MMM DD, YYYY"
If the field described by this example has the value of 1/20/99, it will be displayed as: Tue, Jan 20, 1999. The format of the date value is updated after a valid date has been accepted.