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Chapter 6 Customizing the software 87
Dates and Times
The Date and Time options allow how the date and time information is displayed by the
software to be overridden. It does not affect how the date and time information is stored
and therefore, how the date and/or time information is shown can be changed at any
time. At the bottom of this option window, a sample of the date and time using the
formats selected will be displayed.
To customize how the date information is displayed, the following elements may be used.
If spaces are used to separate the elements, these spaces will appear in the same
location in the date displayed. The letters must be in uppercase or lowercase as shown in
the following table (for example, "MM" not "mm"). Characters that are enclosed in single
quotation marks will appear in the same location and unchanged in the date displayed.
Element Meaning
d Day of month as digits with no leading zero for single-digit days.
dd Day of month as digits with leading zero for single-digit days.
ddd Day of week as a three-letter abbreviation.
dddd Day of week as its full name.
M Month as digits with no leading zero for single-digit months.
MM Month as digits with leading zero for single-digit months.
MMM Month as a three-letter abbreviation.
MMMM Month as its full name.