Date Dialog

Selecting a date format

You can simply double-click on one of the formats shown in the list and have the current date/time inserted in to your file in that format. Alternatively you can highlight an entry in the list and press ENTER or click on the OK button.

Add

To add a format of your own to the list enter a format picture in the text box at the bottom of the dialog box and press the Add button. The format picture is made up of the following values:

Date

d, dd

The day of the month without/with a leading zero.

ddd

The 3-letter abbreviated day name.

dddd

The full day name.

ddddd

The date in the Windows 'Short Date' format.

dddddd

The date in the Windows 'Long Date' format.

m, mm

The month number without/with a leading zero.

mmm

The 3-letter abbreviated month name.

mmmm

The full month name.

yy, yyy

The year without/with the century.

Displays the date according the Windows 'Short Date' format followed by the time in the Windows 'Long Time' format.

Time

h, hh

Hours past midnight without/with a leading zero.

n,nn

Minutes past the hour without/with a leading zero.

s, ss

Seconds past the minute without/with a leading zero.

Displays the time according to the Windows 'Short Time' format.

Displays the time according to the Windows 'Long Time' format.

am/pm

When used after a time format will display the 'h' component in 12-hour clock format and show 'am' for hours before noon and 'pm' for hours after noon. AM/PM can be used instead to force the display to upper case.

Note: The Windows 'Long Date', 'Short Date', 'Long Time' and 'Short Time' formats are set in the Windows Control panel.

There is also a 'special' format: RFC. This format enters the date/time in to the file with the following format:

ddd, d mmmm yyyy hh:nn:ss z

Where 'z' is the timezone. Note that the format value 'z' above is not enterable in user formats.

To include a literal string include it in single or double quotes. So, for example to Alt+D insert something like:

Last Updated on 2004-01-14 17:00

You would enter a date format like this:

'Last Updated on' yyyy-mm-dd t

Replace

To replace an existing format, click one on it, change the format picture and press the Replace button.

Delete

To delete a format, click one on the item to be deleted and press the Delete button.