Measurement Computing Micro 488/EX rev.2.1 - Manual (Page 47)

Section 4 General Programming
4.5
4.3.2 Date
While running one of the TERMINAL programs in Appendix D, type
the following on the PC's keyboard…
SET DATE JULY 4, 1988
DATE
The Micro488/EX will respond with…
July 4, 1988
To test the functionality of the CASE command, type…
CASE UPPER
DATE
The Micro488/EX will respond with…
JULY 4, 1988
Now type the following to change the DATE output to a numeric format.
DATE FORMAT MM-DD-YY
DATE
The Micro488/EX will respond with…
07-04-88
For more information, refer to the following DATE related commands.
SET DATE
DATE
DATE FORMAT
WAIT