Commodore PC Ms-Dos 3.2 User's Manual page 116

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Date Date
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Purpose: [^J
Enters or changes the date known to the system.
Syntax: \^_J
date [mm-dd-yy]
Comments: \^_J
You can change the date from your terminal or from a batch file.
(ms-dos does not automatically display a prompt for the date if
you use an autoexec, bat file, so you may want to include a date ^J
command in that file.) ms-dos records this date in the directory
when you create or change a file.
Remember to use only numbers when you type the date; allowed \^J
numbers are:
mm = 1-12 i )
dd = 1-31
yy = 80-99 or 1980-2099
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The date, month, and year entries may be separated by hyphens
(-) or slashes (/). ms-dos is programmed to change months and
years correctly, whether the month has 31, 30, or 28 days — or ^J
29 days, since ms-dos handles leap years, too.
It is possible for you to change the mm-dd-yy format in which the
date is displayed and entered. The country command in the [^_J
config.sys file allows you to change the date format to the Euro
pean standard dd-mm-yy. For more information on the config.sys
file, see Appendix B, "How to Configure Your System." i J
Examples:
I Displaying the current If you simply type the date command, ms-dos displays the follow- i j
date ing message: ^^
Current date is weekday mm-dd-yy
Enter new date (mm-dd-yy):_ K^J
\ If you do not want to change the date shown, press the return
key. Or you can type a particular date after the date command, as \^J
in the following example:
date 3-9-86 , j
In this case the "Enter new date:" prompt does not appear after
you press return. / ■ - .