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Date format

Internal name is "Zdateformat".

This data type is used for entities that describe how dates are to be formatted for external presentation.

In the list below, the meaning of the codes is:
[D] = day number
[M] = name of month, fully spelled
[O] = three letter abbreviation for name of month
[Y] = year number (all digits)
[A] = year number modulo 100

Possible values are:
"[A]-[M]-[D]" = yy-Mmmmmm-dd
"[A]-[O]-[D]" = yy-Mmm-dd
"[D]-[M]-[A]" = dd-Mmmmmm-yy
"[D]-[M]-[Y]" = dd-Mmmmmm-yyyy
"[D]-[O]-[A]" = dd-Mmm-yy
"[D]-[O]-[Y]" = dd-Mmm-yyyy
"[M]-[D]-[A]" = Mmmmmm-dd-yy
"[M]-[D]-[Y]" = Mmmmmm-dd-yyyy
"[O]-[D]-[A]" = Mmm-dd-yy
"[O]-[D]-[Y]" = Mmm-dd-yyyy
"[Y]-[M]-[D]" = yyyy-Mmmmmm-dd or
"[Y]-[O]-[D]" = yyyy-Mmm-dd