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Write the FIX representation of the specified `object` to the specified `stream`&period;

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;bdlt&lowbar;fixutil&period;h&gt;`

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----
static
std::ostream&
generate(
    std::ostream& stream,
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlt/Date.adoc[Date] const& object);
----

== Description

Optionally specify a `configuration` to affect the format of the generated string&period; If `configuration` is not supplied, the process&hyphen;wide default value `FixUtilConfiguration&colon;&colon;defaultConfiguration()` is used&period; Return a reference to `stream`&period; Note that `stream` is not null terminated&period;

== Return Value

a reference to `stream`

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *stream*
| the output stream
| *object*
| the value to format
|===


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