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Date Picture Elements

Restriction: This topic applies to Windows environments only.

The following table describes the elements that can be included in a Date Picture. Examples are shown in Date Picture Examples.

Clause Picture Result
Day d Integer between 1 and 31, corresponding to day of month. Does not display leading zeroes.
  dd Integer between 1 and 31, corresponding to day of month. Displays leading zeroes.
  ddd Integer between 1 and 365 (366 in a leap year), corresponding to number of days since first of the year. Does not display leading zeroes.
Month m Integer between 1 and 12, corresponding to a month. Note that this format does not display leading zeroes.
  mm Integer between 1 and 12, corresponding to a month. Displays leading zeroes.
  mmm A three character abbreviation for the month corresponding to stored month number (for example: JAN, FEB, MAR,...).
  mmmm Month corresponding to the stored month number (for example: January, February, March,...).
Year yy Displays last two digits of stored year.
  yyyy Displays the stored year.
Weekday ww An integer corresponding to the day of the week (Monday=1, Tuesday=2, etc.)
  www Three-character abbreviation for the day of the week (for example: MON, TUE, WED,...).
  wwww The day of the week a date falls on.
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