POPO - DATES

Defining Date Formats
Dates may be formatted in two ways when printed on Purchase Orders. The entry for this common code will determine how the dates will appear. The two choices are Year / Month / Day or Month / Day / Year. The following describes how to format either method.
Code Category: POPO
Code Value: DATES
Short Description: Enter YMD to have dates print in the format YY / MM / DD on the Purchase Order. Enter MDY to have dates print in the format MM / DD / YY on the Purchase Order. In addition to YMD and MDY, the following two-character codes can be entered in the short description.
Note that DT and DX are the same as MDY and YMD.
Code Output Example
DR MMDDYY 123100
DS MM/DD 12/00
DT MM/DD/YY 12/31/00
DU MM/DD/CCYY 12/31/2000
DV DD/MM/YY 31/12/00
DW DD/MM/CCYY 31/12/2000
DX YY/MM/DD 00/12/31
DY CCYY/MM/DD 2000/12/31
DZ MM/YY 12/00
D6 YYMMDD 001231
D8 CCYYMMDD 20001231
Medium Description: Used to describe the common code.
Long Description: Used to describe the common code.
Associated Numeric Values, Associated Codes, Associated Description
1-5: Reserved for future use.