DateTime configuration setting

Keys

Key

Value

1

Timesheet

2

Format

3

DateTime

Description
The DateTime configuration setting is used to determine how dates are formatted in the Timesheet window.

The DateTime configuration setting uses the following codes to specify the format. Codes are case sensitive and can be joined together with commas or date separators to create a date format.

Code

Description

Example

d

The date as a number from 1 to 31. Dates below 10 are displayed as single digits.

9th -> 9
23rd -> 23

dd

The date of the month as a two-digit number. Dates below 10 are zero-filled to be two digits.

9th -> 09
23rd -> 23

ddd

The three-letter abbreviation for the day of the week.

Monday -> Mon
Friday -> Fri

dddd

The full day of the week.

Monday -> Monday
Friday -> Friday

M

The month as a number from 1 to 12. Months below 10 display as a single digit.

April -> 4
October -> 10

MM

The month as a two-digit number. Months below 10 are zero-filled to be two digits.

April -> 04
October -> 10

MMM

The three-letter abbreviation of the month.

April -> Apr
October -> Oct

MMMM

The full name of the month.

April -> April
October -> October

y

The year as a number from 0 to 99. Years below 10 display as a single digit.

2009 -> 9
2014 -> 14

yy

The year as a two-digit number from 00 to 99. Years below 10 are zero-filled to be two digits.

2009 -> 09
2014 -> 14

yyyy

The year as a four-digit number.

2009 -> 2009
2014 -> 2014

/

The date separator.

3rd of June, 2014 -> 03/06/14

Default Value
The default value is ddd, dd/MM/yy. That is, the shortened day of the week followed by the date in two-digit numbers. For example: Mon, 20/06/14.
 

Setting a different value
Type the new format in the Value field on the Configuration File Maintenance window. See Configuration File Maintenance window in the Synergetic System maintenance manual.