DATE [mm-dd-yy] 				[U.S.A.]
or
DATE [dd-mm-yy] 				[most European countries]
or
DATE [yy-mm-dd] 				[Japan, French speaking Canada]

DATE is an internal command that lets you see the current date DOS is using 
and change that date if you want. This date is recorded with any file you 
create or modify. If you change the date, you probably also want to use the 
TIME command to change the time. The order of dd, mm, and yy is determined
by the COUNTRY line in the CONFIG.SYS file.

  DATE				When DATE by itself is entered, the current
Current date is 07-04-88	date is displayed and you can change it.
Enter new date:			Pressing the Enter, Return, or <ÄÄÙ key will
				leave the date unchanged.
                
  VER | DATE			This is way to print out the current date
				without having to press any keys.

  DATE 02-27-88			The date can be changed in any of these
  DATE 2.27.88			ways. Notice that in this century, only
  DATE 2/27/2041		the last two digits of the year need to
				be entered. 
