Latex convert Date string format from mm/dd/yyyyy to dd/MM/yyyy

Question

I want to change date format for date string

Ex. /changeformat{'06/23/2016'} and result = 23 June 2016

Answer 1

\documentclass{article}

\def\changeformat#1{\xchangeformat#1\relax}
\def\xchangeformat#1/#2/#3\relax{%
#2 %
\ifcase#1 \or
January\or February\or March\or April\or May\or June\or July\or
August\or September\or October\or November\or December\fi
\ #3}

\begin{document}

\changeformat{06/23/2016} and result = 23 June 2016

\end{document}

Answer 2

Compile with lualatex. Uses standard os.date() library

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry}
\usepackage{luacode}

\begin{luacode*}
function conv(t)
local m = tonumber(t:sub(1,2))
local d = tonumber(t:sub(4,5))
local y = tonumber(t:sub(7,10))
whc     = os.time({year=y, month=m, day=d})

tex.print(os.date("%d %B %Y",whc))
end
\end{luacode*}

\begin{document}    
06/23/2016 is \directlua{conv('06/23/2016')}

12/30/2016 is \directlua{conv('12/30/2016')}    
\end{document}

Answer 3

This solution uses datetime2, so you can apply the official format for a given country, or any format you choose, with day of week.

Also, it works with any seperator of your choice, so if you can use 06/23/2016 ,06.23.2016 or whatever you throw at it.

The format-changing is done with xstring.

Output

Code

\documentclass[11pt, australian]{article}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage{xstring}
\usepackage[useregional, calc]{datetime2}
\newcommand{\changeformat}[1]{%
    \StrRight{#1}{4}[\myyear]%
    \StrLeft{#1}{2}[\mymonth]%
    \StrMid{#1}{4}{5}[\mydate]%
    \DTMdate{\myyear-\mymonth-\mydate}%
    }

\DTMusemodule{british}{en-GB} % Only neaded for extra languages.
\begin{document}

\changeformat{06/23/2016}

\DTMsetdatestyle{iso}
\changeformat{06/23/2016}

\DTMsetdatestyle{ddmmyyyy}
\changeformat{06.23.2016}


\DTMlangsetup[en-GB]{abbr}
\DTMsetstyle{en-GB}
\DTMsetup{showdow}
\changeformat{06/23/2016}
\end{document}

Answer 4

\documentclass{scrartcl}

\renewcommand*\today{\number\day\space
  \ifcase\month\or January\or February\or March\or April\or May\or June\or
  July\or August\or September\or October\or November\or December\fi\space
  \number\year}

\begin{document}

\today

\end{document}