Changing the date format

About this task

In HCL Workload Automation, the date format affects all commands that accept a date as an input option (except the datecalc command), and the headers in all reports. The default date format is mm/dd/yy. To select a different format, edit the date format local option store in the localopts file. The values are:
Table 1. Date formats
date format value Corresponding date format output
0 yy/mm/dd
1 mm/dd/yy
2 dd/mm/yy
3 Native language support variables.
See the HCL Workload Automation Administration Guide for details on modifying local variables in the localopts file.