></code>) in the order
 specified by the user's format preference.  Note that this order is
 <i>only</i> appropriate for all-numeric dates; spelled-out (MEDIUM and LONG)
 dates will generally contain other punctuation, spaces, or words,
 not just the day, month, and year, and not necessarily in the same
 order returned here.
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