Specify user preferences to control the date and time format
displayed in a query result set (on-screen, printed, and exported).
About this task
Note: Settings that you specify through Preferences apply
to the current user only. The date and time settings you specify also
apply to the history and reference list controls on a record form.
To
specify the date and time format displayed in a result set:
Procedure
- From the menu, click Preferences. The User Preferences window opens.
- In the User Preferences window, select
the Result tab.
- Set the Result set date format to Long
Date, Medium Date, or Short
Date.
- Long Date displays Month DD, YYYY
HH:MM:SS AM/PM time zone offset where
the time zone offset corresponds to the time zone
of the current user. (Example: June 15, 2000 12:00:00
AM GMT+08:00)
- Medium Date displays Mon DD, YYYY
HH:MM:SS. (Example: Jun 15, 2000 12:00:00
AM)
- Short Date displays MM/DD/YY HH:MM
AM/PM. (Example: 06/15/00 12:00 AM)
- Click Save. The properties
you set become effective immediately.
What to do next
After you change the preferences, open a result set to
see the changes.