Date String |
Description |
A |
Each A is replaced by an alphabetic character from the field's contents. All others are replaced with an asterisk. |
B |
The letter B is replaced by a blank at that position. |
D |
Each D is replaced by the corresponding digit of the day of the month. DD is recommended. |
E |
Each E is replaced by the corresponding digit of the day of the month. Includes leading blanks. |
F |
Each F is replaced by the corresponding digit of the day of the month. Includes leading zeros. |
J |
Each J is replaced by the corresponding digit of the Julian date. JJJ is recommended. |
K |
Each K is replaced by the corresponding letter of the name of the month in lower case. An edit string of K(9) prints the entire name of the month. |
L |
Each L is replaced by the corresponding letter of the name of the month in upper case. An edit string of L(9) prints the entire name of the month. |
M |
Each M is replaced by the corresponding letter of the name of the month in mixed case. An edit string of M(9) prints the entire name of the month. |
N |
Each N is replaced by a digit of the number of the month. NN is recommended. |
O |
Each O is replaced by a digit of the number of the month. Skip leading blanks. |
Q |
Each Q is replaced by a digit of the number of the month. Including leading zeros. |
P |
P for PM. Nothing for AM. |
U |
Time of day using 12 hour clock. |
Y |
Each Y is replaced by the corresponding digit of numeric year. YY or YYYY is recommended. |
T |
Each T is replaced by a character of the time. The time is displayed as HH:MM:SS.DD. |
W |
Each W is replaced by the corresponding letter from the name of the day of the week. An edit W(9) prints the entire name. |
X |
Each X is replaced by one character from the SYS$ASCTIM representation of the date |
, |
A comma will be inserted at that position. |
. |
A period will be inserted at that position. |
- |
A dash will be inserted at that position |
/ |
A slash will be inserted at that position. |