This section lists the $ZDATE() format specification elements. $ZDATE() format specifications must appear in upper case. When any alphabetic characters in format specifications are in lower case, $ZDATE() generates a run-time error.

YY: Outputs the rightmost two digits of the year.

YEAR: Outputs the year as a four-digit number.

MM: Outputs the month as a two-digit zero-filled number between 01 and 12.

MON: Outputs the month as a three-letter abbreviation. (You can modify the output further using expr3).

DD: Outputs the day of the month as a two-digit zero-filled number between 01 and 31.

DAY: Outputs the day of the week as a three-letter abbreviation. (You can modify the output further using expr4).

24: Outputs the hour of the day as a zero-filled number between 00 and 23.

12: Outputs the hour of the day as a zero-filled number between 01 and 12.

60: Outputs the minute of the hour as a zero-filled number between 00 and 59.

SS: Outputs the second of the minute as a zero-filled number between 00 and 59.

AM: Outputs the letters AM and PM depending on the time.

+: Inserts a plus sign (+) in the output string

-: Inserts a minus sign (-) in the output string.

.: Inserts a period (.) in the output string.

,: Inserts a comma (,)in the output string.

/: Inserts a slash (/) in the output string.

:: Inserts a colon (:) in the output string.

;: Inserts a semi-colon (;) in the output string.

*: Inserts an asterisk (*) in the output string.