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- DATE [mm-dd-yy] [U.S.A.]
- or
- DATE [dd-mm-yy] [most European countries]
- or
- DATE [yy-mm-dd] [Japan, French speaking Canada]
-
- DATE is an internal command that lets you see the current date DOS is using
- and change that date if you want. This date is recorded with any file you
- create or modify. If you change the date, you probably also want to use the
- TIME command to change the time. The order of dd, mm, and yy is determined
- by the COUNTRY line in the CONFIG.SYS file.
-
- DATE When DATE by itself is entered, the current
- Current date is 07-04-88 date is displayed and you can change it.
- Enter new date: Pressing the Enter, Return, or <──┘ key will
- leave the date unchanged.
-
- VER | DATE This is way to print out the current date
- without having to press any keys.
-
- DATE 02-27-88 The date can be changed in any of these
- DATE 2.27.88 ways. Notice that in this century, only
- DATE 2/27/2041 the last two digits of the year need to
- be entered.