In COBOL, how can you format a date in a specific way for displaying to the user or writing to a file?
- FUNCTION CURRENT-DATE
- FUNCTION DATE-ADD
- FUNCTION FORMAT-TIME
- FUNCTION NUMVAL
To format a date in COBOL for display or file output, the FUNCTION FORMAT-TIME is used. It allows programmers to define the desired format for presenting date and time information.
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