SET DATE

    SET DATE determines the format for date displays.

Syntax

    SET DATE AMERICAN/ANSI/BRITISH/FRENCH/GERMAN/ITALIAN

Defaults

    DATE is normally SET to AMERICAN.

Usage

    SET DATE allows more flexibility in date output.

           +---------------------------------+
           |  AMERICAN        |   mm/dd/yy   |
           |  ANSI            |   yy.mm.dd   |
           |  BRITISH/FRENCH  |   dd/mm/yy   |
           |  GERMAN          |   dd.mm.yy   |
           |  ITALIAN         |   dd-mm-yy   |
           +---------------------------------+

    To configure a compiled application to the proper date setting at
    runtime, pass a DOS environmental variable to your application program,
    retrieve its value with GETE() and SET DATE with this value.  For
    example, in DOS:

    SET CLIP_DATE=BRITISH

    Later in the configuration section of your application program:

    date_set = UPPER(GETE("CLIP_DATE"))
    DO CASE                            
    CASE date_set = "AMERICAN"         
       SET DATE AMERICAN               
    CASE date_set = "ANSI"             
       SET DATE ANSI                   
    CASE date_set = "BRITISH"          
       SET DATE BRITISH                
    ...