sDate

HKCU\Control Panel\International

Data type	Range	Default value
REG_SZ	Symbol or character	/

Description

Specifies the symbol separating numbers when the date is displayed in short date (numeric) format, such as 6/5/69.

Change method

To change the value of this entry, double-click Regional Options in Control Panel. Click the Date tab, and then make a selection from the Date separator list.

Note

Regional Options in Control Panel links the sDate and sShortDate values. This ensures that the date separator and the date format are synchronized. For example:

sDate	sShortDate	Meaning
/	m/d/yy	6/5/69

Setting sTime and sTimeFormat independently in the registry can result in conflicting values. To repair these settings, use Regional Options in Control Panel.

Setting only one value in the registry might not change the date as it appears in applications, because an application can read either sDate or sShortDate.

Related Entries

sShortDate

iDate

sLongDate