Date Formats

*Option*	*Description*	*Format*	*Valid Separators*	*Edited Field Length*	*Example*
`*ISO`	International Standards Organization	yyyy-mm-dd	-	10	2007-12-31
`*USA`	IBM US Standard	mm/dd/yyy	/	10	12/31/2007
`*EUR`	IBM European Standard	dd.mm.yyyy	.	10	31.12.2007
`*JIS`	Japanese Industrial Standard	yyyy-mm-dd	-	10	2007-12-31
`*YMD`	Year/month/day	yy/mm/dd	/ - , . &(blank)	8	07/12/31
`*MDY`	Month/day/year	mm/dd/yy	/ - , . &(blank)	8	12/31/07
`*DMY`	Day/month/year	dd/mm/yy	/ - , . &(blank)	8	31/12/07
`*JUL`	Julian	yy/ddd	/ - , . &(blank)	6	07/365

The following formats are valid only with the TEST operation code, and with the %DEC and %DATE functions, for use with legacy date formats.

*Option*	*Description*	*Format*	*Valid Separators*	*Edited Field Length*	*Example*
`*CYMD`	Century-year/month/day	cyy/mm/dd	/ - , . &(blank)	9	107/12/31
`*CMDY`	Century-month/day/year	cmm/dd/yy	/ - , . &(blank)	9	112/31/07
`*CDMY`	Century-day/month/year	cdd/mm/yy	/ - , . &(blank)	9	131/12/07
`*LONGJUL`	Long Julian	yyyy/ddd	/ - , . &(blank)	8	2007/365
`*JOBRUN`	Format determined by job description