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How can I display certain dates as 2000/12 instead of 30. Dezember 2000

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{datetime2}

\begin{document}

\DTMdate{2000-12-30} %Prints as expected: 30. Dezember 2000

\DTMdate{2000-12-30} %Should be printed as: 2000/12

\end{document}
jjk
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    Welcome to TeX.SX! Please make your code compilable (if possible), or at least complete it with \documentclass{...}, the required \usepackage's, \begin{document}, and \end{document}. That may seem tedious to you, but think of the extra work it represents for TeX.SX users willing to give you a hand. Help them help you: remove that one hurdle between you and a solution to your problem. – Stefan Pinnow Mar 22 '18 at 08:59
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    As far as I can see, \date does not have an optional argument, neither by standard LaTeX nor by the datetime additions. –  Mar 22 '18 at 10:24
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    Note also that \date on its own doesn't actually typeset anything. It only sets what should be displayed by \maketitle. – Torbjørn T. Mar 22 '18 at 13:30
  • Related (if not duplicate): Query regarding usage of \date – Nicola Talbot Mar 22 '18 at 14:11

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You may need to define a new style, and then change style in the document. Either change it within a group or environment to keep the style change local, or change back to default afterwards.

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\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{datetime2}

\DTMnewdatestyle{yyyymm}{%
\renewcommand\DTMdisplaydate[4]{##1/\DTMtwodigits{##2}}%
\renewcommand\DTMDisplaydate[4]{##1/\DTMtwodigits{##2}}%
}

\begin{document}

\DTMdate{2000-12-30} %Should be printed as: 2000/12

{% pair of braces makes the new style local
\DTMsetdatestyle{yyyymm}
\DTMdate{2000-12-30}
}

\DTMdate{2000-12-30}

\DTMsetdatestyle{yyyymm}
\DTMdate{2000-12-30}

% or you can set the style back to default
\DTMsetdatestyle{default}
\DTMdate{2000-12-30}


\end{document}
Torbjørn T.
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