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From: desai@robotics.jpl.nasa.gov (Rajiv Desai)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Fullwrite Date Format
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Date: 4 Dec 89 20:06:19 GMT
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How does one change the format of the automatic date variable.
It always prints as:

	day of week, month date, year (4 digits) !

more generically, how does one change the format of any predefined
variable ?

Thanx in advance

				- rajiv desai
				  desai@robotics.jpl.nasa.gov

Rajiv S. Desai
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
desai@robotics.jpl.nasa.gov