| DATE |
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| Displays the date and prompts you to change the date if necessary. |
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| MS-DOS records the current date for each file you create or change; this |
| date is listed next to the filename in the directory. |
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| Syntax |
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| DATE [mm-dd-yy] |
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| Parameter |
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| mm-dd-yy |
| Sets the date you specify. Values for day, month, and year must be |
| separated by periods (.), hyphens (-), or slash marks (/). The date |
| format depends on the COUNTRY setting you are using in your CONFIG.SYS |
| file. The following list shows the valid values for the month, day, and |
| year portions of the mm-dd-yy parameter. |
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| mm 1 through 12 |
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| dd 1 through 31 |
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| yy 80 through 99 or 1980 through 2099 |
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| Related Command |
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| For information about changing the current time, see the TIME command. |
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| DATE--Notes |
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| Adjusting for days in a month |
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| MS-DOS is programmed to change months and years correctly, whether the month |
| has 28, 29, 30, or 31 days. |
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| Using the DATE command in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file |
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| To prompt users for the date every time the computer is restarted, include |
| the DATE command in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. |
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| Changing the date format |
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| To display the date in other format besides mm-dd-yy, add the COUNTRY |
| command to your CONFIG.SYS file. You can change the date format to the |
| European standard format (dd-mm-yy) or to the Scientific International |
| (Metric) format (yy-mm-dd). |
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