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%% The LaTeX Companion, 3ed
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%% Example 13-3-21 on page II-316 in "Formatting dates".
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%% Copyright (C) 2022 Frank Mittelbach
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\documentclass{tlc3exa}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setcounter{page}{6}
\setlength\textwidth{159.0pt}
%
  \day=30 \month=2 \year=1712
  \parindent0pt
%StartShownPreambleCommands
\usepackage[swedish]{babel}
%StopShownPreambleCommands

\begin{document}
Default date format: \today\\
\verb|\datesymd| gives: \datesymd \today \\
\verb|\datesdmy| gives: \datesdmy \today
\end{document}