Date Literals ("M" Reference)
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Date literals are used to write dates. The type of a date literal defaults to Date.
Literal Format
Date literals take the following format.
DateLiteral:
Sign(optional) DateYear - DateMonth - DateDay
DateDay: one of
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31
DateMonth: one of
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12
DateYear:
DecimalDigit DecimalDigit DecimalDigit DecimalDigit