# Dates #

Date calculations are based on a "baseline" date, which is specified in the flow properties\. The default baseline date is 1 January 1900\.

The CLEM language supports the following date formats\.

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CLEM language date formats  

Table 1\. CLEM language date formats

| Format        | Examples                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| ------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `DDMMYY`      | `150163`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| `MMDDYY`      | `011563`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| `YYMMDD`      | `630115`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| `YYYYMMDD`    | `19630115`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| `YYYYDDD`     | Four\-digit year followed by a three\-digit number representing the day of the year—for example, `2000032` represents the 32nd day of 2000, or 1 February 2000\.                                                                                      |
| `DAY`         | Day of the week in the current locale—for example, `Monday`, `Tuesday`, \.\.\., in English\.                                                                                                                                                          |
| `MONTH`       | Month in the current locale—for example, `January`, `February`, …\.                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| `DD/MM/YY`    | `15/01/63`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| `DD/MM/YYYY`  | `15/01/1963`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| `MM/DD/YY`    | `01/15/63`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| `MM/DD/YYYY`  | `01/15/1963`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| `DD-MM-YY`    | `15-01-63`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| `DD-MM-YYYY`  | `15-01-1963`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| `MM-DD-YY`    | `01-15-63`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| `MM-DD-YYYY`  | `01-15-1963`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| `DD.MM.YY`    | `15.01.63`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| `DD.MM.YYYY`  | `15.01.1963`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| `MM.DD.YY`    | `01.15.63`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| `MM.DD.YYYY`  | `01.15.1963`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| `DD-MON-YY`   | `15-JAN-63, 15-jan-63, 15-Jan-63`                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| `DD/MON/YY`   | `15/JAN/63, 15/jan/63, 15/Jan/63`                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| `DD.MON.YY`   | `15.JAN.63, 15.jan.63, 15.Jan.63`                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| `DD-MON-YYYY` | `15-JAN-1963, 15-jan-1963, 15-Jan-1963`                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| `DD/MON/YYYY` | `15/JAN/1963, 15/jan/1963, 15/Jan/1963`                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| `DD.MON.YYYY` | `15.JAN.1963, 15.jan.1963, 15.Jan.1963`                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| `MON YYYY`    | `Jan 2004`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| `q Q YYYY`    | Date represented as a digit (1–4) representing the quarter followed by the letter *Q* and a four\-digit year—for example, 25 December 2004 would be represented as `4 Q 2004`\.                                                                       |
| `ww WK YYYY`  | Two\-digit number representing the week of the year followed by the letters *WK* and then a four\-digit year\. The week of the year is calculated assuming that the first day of the week is Monday and there is at least one day in the first week\. |

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