Changing date format in datetime2

Question

Using the datetime2 package, how do I tell \today to display the date in the format: 'Fri, March 1, 2019'?

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{datetime2}
\begin{document}
\today
\end{document}

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 23 '22 at 00:21

3

Below I define a new date style called mydateformat, and then use it with \DTMsetdatestyle{mydateformat}.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[calc,showdow,english]{datetime2}
\DTMnewdatestyle{mydateformat}{%
  \renewcommand{\DTMdisplaydate}[4]{%
    \DTMshortweekdayname{##4},\space% short weekday,
    \DTMmonthname{##2}\nobreakspace%  (full) Month
    \number##3,\space%                day,
    \number##1%                       year
  }%
  \renewcommand{\DTMDisplaydate}{\DTMdisplaydate}%
}
\begin{document}
\today
\DTMsetdatestyle{mydateformat}
\today
\end{document}

edited Jul 23 '22 at 00:21

Socob

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answered Mar 01 '19 at 17:01

Werner

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Dear Professor, could you please help me in this question: https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/478218/changing-the-date I want that the letter t will be separated a bit from the number 7. Thanks a lot. – Schüler Mar 09 '19 at 13:31
@Schüler: See my answer that uses datetime2 and introduces a small space \, before the ordinal day/number. – Werner Mar 09 '19 at 17:27

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