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CAI_DATEFMT (Date Format)

Applies to UNIX/Linux, Windows and z/OS USS

Defines the preferred date format to be used by Enterprise Management. The date format is comprised of three date elements, a day (dd or ddd), a month (mm or mmm) and a year (yy or yyyy). You can arrange the date elements in any order, but you must use each element once and only once.

Note: It is recommended that you use the same date format for both UNIX and Windows systems, so that they will be consistent. The date will always default to the format used on your Windows system.

A description of each date element follows.

dd

Specifies a day of the month, from 01 to 31.

Note: The range of days in January is 01 to 31. The range of days in February is 01 to 28, except during leap year when the range is 01 to 29.

ddd

Specifies a Julian day, from 001 to 366.

mm

Specifies a numeric month, from 01 to 12.

mmm

Specifies a character month. Valid specifications are: JAN, FEB, MAR, APR, MAY, JUN, JUL, AUG, SEP, OCT, NOV, and DEC.

yy

Specifies a valid year, from 00 to 99.

Note: Any year in the range 00 to 59 is translated internally as a twenty‑first century date (2000‑2059). Any year in the range 60 to 99 is translated internally as a twentieth century date (1960‑1999).

yyyy

Specifies a valid year, from 1960 to 2099.

Note: The valid date range is January 1, 1960 (01-JAN-1960) through December 31, 2099 (31-DEC-2099).

The date elements must be separated by a separator character. Valid separator characters are: - (hyphen), . (period), / (slash), , (comma), or space.

Size/Type: 1-11/alphanumeric bytes

Default: mm/dd/yyyy