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date format
Category Syntax
Subject Cobol
The date pattern of a date field, specified in either of the following ways:
  • Explicitly, by the DATE FORMAT clause or DATEVAL intrinsic function argument-2
  • Implicitly, by statements and intrinsic functions that return date fields. For details, see Date field.