touch - date format

[fpefpe]

Hello -- is the format for the /D switch for touch the same as would be displayed
with echo %_date

Can the date format be set/altered?

 

[Charles Dye]

I think it's the just the local short date format. But you can always enter dates in ISO8601 format, regardless of your locale.

 

[rconn]

If you want it to work anywhere other than on your local machine with your local settings, you should always use the yyyy-mm-dd (ISO) format. Otherwise, TOUCH will try to guess the date format based on what you entered. But that's not particularly reliable when you have mm-dd-yy vs. dd-mm-yy.

You cannot specify a different date format on the fly with TOUCH.