Date Ü ßßßßß Displays the date and prompts you to change the date if necessary. FreeDOS records the current date for each file you create or change; this date is listed next to the filename in the directory. Syntax: DATE [mm-dd-[yy]yy] mm-dd-[yy]yy The new month, date and year. Values for day, month, and year must be separated by periods (.), hyphens (-), slash marks (/), or spaces. The date format depends on the country setting you are using in your CONFIG.SYS file. The following table shows the valid values for the month, day, and year portions of the mm-dd-yy parameter. mm 1 through 12 dd 1 through 31 yy 80 through 99 or 1980 through 2099 Type DATE without parameters to display the current system date. Adjusting for days in a month FreeDOS is programmed to change months and years correctly, whether the month has 28, 29, 30, or 31 days. Changing the date format It is possible to change the mm-dd-yy format to display the date in other formats. You can add the country command to your CONFIG.SYS file to change the date format to the European standard (dd-mm-yy) or to the Scientific International (metric) format (yy-mm-dd). See also: Time