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Set Windows95 DOS Date to Btitish (dd/mm/yy)
I am the Systems Admin. for a bank and need to standardize
date representation across all computing platforms.
I changed the regional settings in Win95 Control Panel to
British date (dd/mm/yy) but I noticed Win95 DOS still
displays the date in American format (mm/dd/yy).
How do I change the date format display for Win95 DOS?
How do I make Win95 year 2000 compliant (The Win95 short date only shows 2 digits for the century)?
Can the British date in Win95 be set to (dd/mm/yyy)?
How can I change DOS 6.22 date to British format:(dd/mm/yyyy)?
I know it's a mouthful!
"Knowledge is power, but it is only useful if it is shared!"
Thanks in advance.
date representation across all computing platforms.
I changed the regional settings in Win95 Control Panel to
British date (dd/mm/yy) but I noticed Win95 DOS still
displays the date in American format (mm/dd/yy).
How do I change the date format display for Win95 DOS?
How do I make Win95 year 2000 compliant (The Win95 short date only shows 2 digits for the century)?
Can the British date in Win95 be set to (dd/mm/yyy)?
How can I change DOS 6.22 date to British format:(dd/mm/yyyy)?
I know it's a mouthful!
"Knowledge is power, but it is only useful if it is shared!"
Thanks in advance.
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Changing default settings
MS-DOS uses the United States as the default setting. You
can use the
COUNTRY command in your CONFIG.SYS file to change the
setting.
If you do not specify the location and name of the file containing
country-specific information, MS-DOS tries to find the COUNTRY.SYS file in
the root directory of your startup drive.
Specifying supported languages
The following table lists each country or language supported by MS-DOS. The
table also lists the character sets you can use with each country code. For
example, if you use country code 003, you can use only character set 437 or
850 for the yyy parameter. The first of the two character sets listed for
each country or language is its default character set.
Country or language Country Character sets
code
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
Belgium 032 850, 437
Brazil 055 850, 437
Canadian-French 002 863, 850
Croatia 038 852, 850
Czech Republic 042 852, 850
Denmark 045 850, 865
Finland 358 850, 437
France 033 850, 437
Germany 049 850, 437
Hungary 036 852, 850
International 061 437, 850
English
Italy 039 850, 437
Latin America 003 850, 437
Netherlands 031 850, 437
Norway 047 850, 865
Poland 048 852, 850
Portugal 351 850, 860
Serbia/Yugoslavia 038 852, 850
Slovakia 042 852, 850
Slovenia 038 852, 850
Spain 034 850, 437
Sweden 046 437, 850
Switzerland 041 850, 437
United Kingdom 044 437, 850
United States 001 437, 850
Character sets for the following countries or languages are also available
with special versions of MS-DOS: Arabic, Israel, Japan, Korea, People's
Republic of China, and Taiwan.
Specifying international time and date formats
The country code specifies the time and date formats used by the following
MS-DOS commands: BACKUP, DATE, RESTORE, and TIME.
The following table lists the date and time formats related to each country
code. For each country code, the "Date format" column shows how MS-DOS
displays January 3, 1993, and the "Time format" column shows how MS-DOS
displays 5:35 P.M. (with 0 seconds and 0 hundredths of a second).
Country or language Country Date Time format
code format
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
Belgium 032 23/01/1993 17:35:00
Brazil 055 23/01/1993 17:35:00
Canadian-French 002 1993-01-23 17:35:00
Czechoslovakia 042 1993-01-23 17:35:00
Denmark 045 23-01-1993 17.35.00
Finland 358 23.01.1993 17.35.00
France 033 23.01.1993 17:35:00
Germany 049 23.01.1993 17:35:00
Hungary 036 1993-01-23 17:35:00
International 061 23-01-1993 5:35:00.00p
English
Italy 039 23/01/1993 17.35.00
Latin America 003 23/01/1993 5:35:00.00p
Netherlands 031 23-01-1993 17:35:00
Norway 047 23.01.1993 17:35:00
Poland 048 1993-01-23 17:35:00
Portugal 351 23-01-1993 17:35:00
Spain 034 23/01/1993 17:35:00
Sweden 046 1993-01-23 17.35.00
Switzerland 041 23.01.1993 17,35,00
United Kingdom 044 23/01/1993 17:35:00.00
United States 001 01-23-1993 5:35:00.00p
Yugoslavia 038 1993-01-23 17:35:00
Character sets for the following countries or languages are also available
with special versions of MS-DOS: Arabic, Israel, Japan, Korea, People's
Republic of China, and Taiwan.
MS-DOS uses the United States as the default setting. You
can use the
COUNTRY command in your CONFIG.SYS file to change the
setting.
If you do not specify the location and name of the file containing
country-specific information, MS-DOS tries to find the COUNTRY.SYS file in
the root directory of your startup drive.
Specifying supported languages
The following table lists each country or language supported by MS-DOS. The
table also lists the character sets you can use with each country code. For
example, if you use country code 003, you can use only character set 437 or
850 for the yyy parameter. The first of the two character sets listed for
each country or language is its default character set.
Country or language Country Character sets
code
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
Belgium 032 850, 437
Brazil 055 850, 437
Canadian-French 002 863, 850
Croatia 038 852, 850
Czech Republic 042 852, 850
Denmark 045 850, 865
Finland 358 850, 437
France 033 850, 437
Germany 049 850, 437
Hungary 036 852, 850
International 061 437, 850
English
Italy 039 850, 437
Latin America 003 850, 437
Netherlands 031 850, 437
Norway 047 850, 865
Poland 048 852, 850
Portugal 351 850, 860
Serbia/Yugoslavia 038 852, 850
Slovakia 042 852, 850
Slovenia 038 852, 850
Spain 034 850, 437
Sweden 046 437, 850
Switzerland 041 850, 437
United Kingdom 044 437, 850
United States 001 437, 850
Character sets for the following countries or languages are also available
with special versions of MS-DOS: Arabic, Israel, Japan, Korea, People's
Republic of China, and Taiwan.
Specifying international time and date formats
The country code specifies the time and date formats used by the following
MS-DOS commands: BACKUP, DATE, RESTORE, and TIME.
The following table lists the date and time formats related to each country
code. For each country code, the "Date format" column shows how MS-DOS
displays January 3, 1993, and the "Time format" column shows how MS-DOS
displays 5:35 P.M. (with 0 seconds and 0 hundredths of a second).
Country or language Country Date Time format
code format
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
Belgium 032 23/01/1993 17:35:00
Brazil 055 23/01/1993 17:35:00
Canadian-French 002 1993-01-23 17:35:00
Czechoslovakia 042 1993-01-23 17:35:00
Denmark 045 23-01-1993 17.35.00
Finland 358 23.01.1993 17.35.00
France 033 23.01.1993 17:35:00
Germany 049 23.01.1993 17:35:00
Hungary 036 1993-01-23 17:35:00
International 061 23-01-1993 5:35:00.00p
English
Italy 039 23/01/1993 17.35.00
Latin America 003 23/01/1993 5:35:00.00p
Netherlands 031 23-01-1993 17:35:00
Norway 047 23.01.1993 17:35:00
Poland 048 1993-01-23 17:35:00
Portugal 351 23-01-1993 17:35:00
Spain 034 23/01/1993 17:35:00
Sweden 046 1993-01-23 17.35.00
Switzerland 041 23.01.1993 17,35,00
United Kingdom 044 23/01/1993 17:35:00.00
United States 001 01-23-1993 5:35:00.00p
Yugoslavia 038 1993-01-23 17:35:00
Character sets for the following countries or languages are also available
with special versions of MS-DOS: Arabic, Israel, Japan, Korea, People's
Republic of China, and Taiwan.
ASKER
I am concerned about this scenario with the Windows95
environment:
We have an bank application that uses the system date (from DOS 6.22 currently) to verify accounting control functions.
This and other applications will be migrated to Windows95 env.
with dates standardized to European (British) format (dd/mm/yyyy)
currently we are using American date format (mm/dd/yy).
I can change the regional Date settings in Win95 to British, but
it is not year 2000 compliant (dd/mm/yyyy) i.e. the short date
in Win95 only uses 2 digits for the century. Furthermore, DOS
for Windows95 still displays the date in American format (mm/dd/yy) after changing the settings and rebooting Win95.
Will the DOS 6.22 config.sys settings work for Win95 DOS as well?
Appreciate your help!
Thanks in advance,
Denmark
environment:
We have an bank application that uses the system date (from DOS 6.22 currently) to verify accounting control functions.
This and other applications will be migrated to Windows95 env.
with dates standardized to European (British) format (dd/mm/yyyy)
currently we are using American date format (mm/dd/yy).
I can change the regional Date settings in Win95 to British, but
it is not year 2000 compliant (dd/mm/yyyy) i.e. the short date
in Win95 only uses 2 digits for the century. Furthermore, DOS
for Windows95 still displays the date in American format (mm/dd/yy) after changing the settings and rebooting Win95.
Will the DOS 6.22 config.sys settings work for Win95 DOS as well?
Appreciate your help!
Thanks in advance,
Denmark
"Will the DOS 6.22 config.sys settings work for Win95 DOS as well?"
As far as I know, yes. Just use the config.sys still.
Here's what the Dos 6.22 says;
==========
Displays the date and prompts you to change the date if necessary.
MS-DOS records the current date for each file you create or change; this
date is listed next to the filename in the directory.
Syntax
DATE [mm-dd-yy]
Parameter
mm-dd-yy
Sets the date you specify. Values for day, month, and year must be
separated by periods (.), hyphens (-), or slash marks (/). The date
format depends on the COUNTRY setting you are using in your CONFIG.SYS
file. The following list shows the valid values for the month, day, and
year portions of the mm-dd-yy parameter.
mm 1 through 12
dd 1 through 31
yy 80 through 99 or 1980 through 2099
Related Command
For information about changing the current time, see the <TIME> command.
As far as I know, yes. Just use the config.sys still.
Here's what the Dos 6.22 says;
==========
Displays the date and prompts you to change the date if necessary.
MS-DOS records the current date for each file you create or change; this
date is listed next to the filename in the directory.
Syntax
DATE [mm-dd-yy]
Parameter
mm-dd-yy
Sets the date you specify. Values for day, month, and year must be
separated by periods (.), hyphens (-), or slash marks (/). The date
format depends on the COUNTRY setting you are using in your CONFIG.SYS
file. The following list shows the valid values for the month, day, and
year portions of the mm-dd-yy parameter.
mm 1 through 12
dd 1 through 31
yy 80 through 99 or 1980 through 2099
Related Command
For information about changing the current time, see the <TIME> command.
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To convert international currency, time, date, and case to French
conventions, add the following command to your CONFIG.SYS file:
country=033
For this example, assume that the COUNTRY.SYS file is in the root directory
of the startup drive. If COUNTRY.SYS is in a different location, you would
specify the location in [drive:]path on the command line.
To specify a character set with the country code for France, type the
following:
country=033,850
If you omit the character set but include the [drive:][path] filename
parameter, you must still type the comma that would have preceded the
character set, as the following example shows:
country=033,,c:\dos\countr
================
Enables MS-DOS to use country-specific conventions for displaying times,
dates, and currency; for determining the order by which characters are
sorted; and for determing which characters can be used in filenames. You can
use this command only in your CONFIG.SYS file.
The COUNTRY command configures MS-DOS to recognize the character set and
punctuation conventions observed when using one of the supported languages.
Syntax
COUNTRY=xxx[,[yyy][,[drive
Parameters
xxx
Specifies the country code.
yyy
Specifies the character set for the country.
[drive:][path]filename
Specifies the location and name of the file containing country
information.
Related Commands
For information about changing characters and their arrangement on your
keyboard, see the <KEYB> command, or see the chapter "Customizing for
International Use" in the MS-DOS User's Guide.
For information about preparing and selecting character sets, see the
<MODE (set device code pages)> command.
For information about loading country-specific information, see the
<NLSFUNC> command.
If this is not plain, let me know and i'll go farther.