The FormatDate command formats the date according to the formatting specification given by the string format. The date format can be any format specification as described in StringTools[ParseTime]. If the original date is given as a string, the corresponding date format will be deduced.

$\mathrm{with}\left(\mathrm{Finance}\right)\:$

$\mathrm{FormatDate}\left(''Jan-02-2006''\,''\%D''\right)$

$''01/02/06''$

$\mathrm{FormatDate}\left(''Jan-02-2006''\,\mathrm{default}\right)$

$''January\; 2,\; 2006''$

$\mathrm{FormatDate}\left(''Jan-02-2006''\,\mathrm{list}\right)$

$\left[2\,1\,2006\right]$

$\mathrm{FormatDate}\left(''Jan-02-2006''\,''\%Y-\%m''\right)$

$''2006-01''$

$\mathrm{FormatDate}\left(''Jan-02-2006''\,''\%d:\%m:\%y''\right)$

$''02:01:06''$

The Finance[FormatDate] command was introduced in Maple 15.

For more information on Maple 15 changes, see Updates in Maple 15.