Date format formula

simple question (sometimes you forget the basics!!!)
how do i format a date in a formula
basically i want to say if country <>'US" then date(),'YYYY-MMM-DD')
i keep getting to many arguments
thanks

Hi
I used this formula
IF 1 = 1 THEN
DATE(CDBL({Command.FULL_DT}[7 TO 10]),CDBL({Command.FULL_DT}[4 TO 5]),CDBL({Command.FULL_DT}[1 TO 2]))
ELSE
CURRENTDATE
It looks a bit messy but the parameters of the DATE function need to be numbers
My data field ({Command.FULL_DT}[ looks like this : 01/01/2010, and it is a string
Hope this helps
Patrick

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