Use the General tab to specify the following default settings for date adjustments and formatting, as well as the months in the Calendar year:
Direction (Next or Previous) in which to adjust dates. This adjustment applies when you specify Closest in a Calendar rule, and the number of days on either side of the calculated date are equal.
Date separator used to format dates. This default applies when the calculated date requires separators, and the source column does not include separators, or when the date format for the destination column is not specified.
Four-digit year, in the format YYYY (for example, 1999), to use as the default for formatting dates. If you specify zero (0), the current year is used as the default. This default applies when a calculated date requires a year and the source column does not specify one, or when the format for the destination column does not include a year.