I have an application that is compiled to run on Linux and windows this application has time and date information displayed in it.

Under windows the Date format is taken from the host computer such that if the regional settings are for the USA the date comes out as MMDDYY and if the regional settings are for the UK the Date shows DDMMYY.

Under linux (slackware) I always end up with date format as MMDDYY (USA) and I need UK format.

I have tried LC_ALL en_GB which I belive sets the environmental variables such that they are for the UK

The software uses the call NOW to get the system time but depends on the O/S for the formatting, I can get this changed in the futre but I need a workaround NOW

Can anyone help me out

Issue "man date" and that manual page explains HOW-TO.

Thank you for your reply
and excuse me for being a a newbie but I can't figure it out

Does the format added to date change the system representation of date or just the way that date is displayed by the date command you just typed