\documentclass[a4paper]{article} \usepackage{ifpdf} \usepackage{datetime} \ifpdf \pdfinfo{ /CreationDate (D:20040501215500) /ModDate (D:\pdfdate) } \fi \padzeroes[8] \newdateformat{dashdate}{\twodigit{\THEDAY}-\twodigit{\THEMONTH}-\THEYEAR} \newdateformat{usvardate}{\monthname[\THEMONTH]~\ordinaldate{\THEDAY}, \THEYEAR} \newdateformat{mydate}{\ifshowdow \dayofweekname{\THEDAY}{\THEMONTH}{\THEYEAR} \fi \THEDAY\ \monthname[\THEMONTH], \THEYEAR} \newdateformat{yyyymmdd}{\THEYEAR\twodigit{\THEMONTH}\twodigit{\THEDAY}} \newdateformat{ukvardate}{\THEDAY\ \monthname[\THEMONTH]\ \THEYEAR} \newtimeformat{dottime}{\twodigit{\THEHOUR}.\twodigit{\THEMINUTE}} \newtimeformat{dashtime12}{\THEHOURXII-\twodigit{\THEMINUTE}} \newtimeformat{hhmm}{\twodigit{\THEHOUR}\twodigit{\THEMINUTE}} \begin{document} \section{Date Formats} Default: \today. \begin{tabular}{ll} \bfseries Declaration & \bfseries\verb|\today|\\ \verb|\longdate| & \longdate\today\\ \verb|\shortdate| & \shortdate\today\\ \verb|\ddmmyyyydate| & \ddmmyyyydate\today\\ \verb|\dmyyyydate| & \dmyyyydate\today\\ \verb|\ddmmyydate| & \ddmmyydate\today\\ \verb|\dmyydate| & \dmyydate\today\\ \verb|\textdate| & \textdate\today\\ \verb|\usdate| & \usdate\today\\ \verb|\mmddyyyydate| & \mmddyyyydate\today\\ \verb|\mdyyyydate| & \mdyyyydate\today\\ \verb|\mmddyydate| & \mmddyydate\today\\ \verb|\mdyydate| & \mdyydate\today \end{tabular} \section{Time Formats} Default: \currenttime. \begin{tabular}{@{\ttfamily}ll} \bfseries\rmfamily Format & \bfseries \verb|\currenttime|\\ xxivtime & \settimeformat{xxivtime}\currenttime\\ ampmtime & \settimeformat{ampmtime}\currenttime\\ oclock & \settimeformat{oclock}\currenttime \end{tabular} \section{Specific Date:} \begin{tabular}{ll} \verb|\longdate| & \longdate\formatdate{1}{3}{2000}\\ \verb|\shortdate| & \shortdate\formatdate{1}{3}{2000}\\ \verb|\ddmmyyyydate| & \ddmmyyyydate\formatdate{1}{3}{2000}\\ \verb|\dmyyyydate| & \dmyyyydate\formatdate{1}{3}{2000}\\ \verb|\ddmmyydate| & \ddmmyydate\formatdate{1}{3}{2000}\\ \verb|\dmyydate| & \dmyydate\formatdate{1}{3}{2000}\\ \verb|\textdate| & \textdate\formatdate{1}{3}{2000}\\ \verb|\usdate| & \usdate\formatdate{1}{3}{2000}\\ \verb|\mmddyyyydate| & \mmddyyyydate\formatdate{1}{3}{2000}\\ \verb|\mdyyyydate| & \mdyyyydate\formatdate{1}{3}{2000}\\ \verb|\mmddyydate| & \mmddyydate\formatdate{1}{3}{2000}\\ \verb|\mdyydate| & \mdyydate\formatdate{1}{3}{2000} \end{tabular} \section{Defining New Dates} \begin{tabular}{ll} \verb|\dashdate| & \dashdate\today\\ \verb|\usvardate| & \usvardate\today\\ \verb|\ukvardate| & \ukvardate\today\\ \verb|\mydate| & \mydate\today\\ \verb|\yyyymmdd| & \yyyymmdd\today\\ \verb|\dashdate| & \dashdate\formatdate{8}{3}{2000}\\ \verb|\usvardate| & \usvardate\formatdate{8}{3}{2000}\\ \verb|\mydate| & \mydate\formatdate{8}{3}{2000}\\ \verb|\yyyymmdd| & \yyyymmdd\formatdate{8}{3}{2000} \end{tabular} \section{Defining New Times} \begin{tabular}{@{\ttfamily}ll} \bfseries\rmfamily Format & \bfseries \verb|\currenttime|\\ dottime & \settimeformat{dottime}\currenttime\\ dashtime12 & \settimeformat{dashtime12}\currenttime\\ hhmm & \settimeformat{hhmm}\currenttime \end{tabular} \end{document}