Date Formats in VTS

The numerically specified date formats in VTS are as follows.  A second table, describing the codes used in the formats, is provided below.

 

DateForm

Format

DateForm

Format

0

no date

22

Mmm yyyy

1

yymmdd

23

Mmm...m yyyy

2

mm/dd/yy

24

dd/mm

3

mm-dd-yy

25

dd-mm

4

Mmm d, yyyy

26

Mmm

5

Mmm...m d, yyyy

27

Mmm...m

6

dd Mmm yy

28

YY-MM-DD

7

dd Mmm yyyy

29

YY/MM/DD

8

dd/mm/yy

30

YYYY-MM-DD

9

dd-mm-yy

31

YYYY/MM/DD

10

ddMmmyy

32

YY-Www-dow

11

ddMmmyyyy

33

YY/Www/dow

12

Mmm d/yy

34

YYYY-Www-dow

13

yyyymmdd

35

YYYY/Www/dow

14

mm/dd

36

YYdoy

15

mm-dd

37

YYYYdoy

16

mm/yy

38

YY-doy

17

mm-yy

39

YY/doy

18

mm/yyyy

40

YYYY-doy

19

mm-yyyy

41

YYYY/doy

20

Mmm d

 

 

21

Mmm...m d

 

 

 

These formats have the following meaning:

Format Code

Meaning

yy

2 digit year

mm

2 digit month

dd

2 digit day of the month

dow

day of week

doy

day of year

yyyy

4 digit year

www

week of the year, prefaced by the character “W”

mm

month (01 to 12)

mmm

3 letter month descriptor

mmm..m

full month descriptor