How You Format a Date Variable to Display Dates in a Specific Format

You can format the date variable using the function <?format-date:DATE_VARIABLE;'YYYY-MM-DD'?>. You can modify the String 'YYYY-MM-DD' according to your date format requirements. For example:

<?format-date:JOB_CHANGE_DATE;'YYYY-MM-DD'?>

If value of the variable JOB_CHANGE_DATE is Jan 1st 2013, the above expression will display it as “2013-01-01”.

You can also make use of form field options for this purpose.