PS TEXT FORMAT Reference Manual

Introduction to TFORM
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TODAY SHORT WORLD
In this command, TFORM uses the European convention of listing the
day before the month and replaces the slashes with periods. The date is
formatted as DD.MM.YY.
TODAY SHORT " char "
You can add char to the TODAY SHORT command to redefine the
field separator to whatever character you choose. For example,
TODAY SHORT ”-” formats the date as MM-DD-YY. Remember to
enclose char in quotation marks.
TODAY LONG USA
TODAY LONG USA (or simply TODAY LONG) tells TFORM to write
out the date in full, using the month-day-year format. An example of
such a date is July 25, 1986.
TODAY LONG WORLD
TODAY LONG WORLD uses the European convention when spelling
out the date 25 July 1986.
TODAY LONG { USA | WORLD } " m1 ,..., m12 "
When you use this command (using either the USA or WORLD
modifiers), you can change the month designators to reflect any
alternate way of spelling them out. However, you must specify all
twelve months if you specify any. For example, you can format the
date December 18, 1986, as Dec. 18, 1986. The string of month
designators must be enclosed in quotation marks.