Date Format Section of the Global Tab of the My Preferences Page

Overview

Use this section to specify the format of date and time fields throughout the application.

Screen Elements

Date format list

Determines how dates will display in the application. Your selection determines the order of the day, month, and year.

Four digit year option

Determines whether years are displayed as four-digit numbers.

Month name option

Determines whether the month name is displayed in place of a month number.

Leading zeros option

Determines whether months and days are displayed as two-digit numbers.

Time format list

Determines how time will display in the application. You can display time in a 12 hour format, a 24 hour format, or not at all.

Show Minutes option

Determines whether minutes are shown when time is displayed in the application.

Separator list

Determines whether a forward slash, hyphen, or period is used to separate dates in the application.

Getting Here

  1. Click the Administer menu and select My Preferences.
  2. On the My Preferences page, click the Global tab.
  3. On the Global tab, expand the Date Format section.

Related Topics

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