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To Display this Options Page
Use the Options | Program Options... command from the main menu (or click its command button) and select Date Formats from the list of option pages on the left side.
Date And Time Format Options
File Date and Time Formats
These formats tell FileBoss how to display file times. Most notably these file times are seen in the Modified, Accessed and Created columns in the contents window of any view. The format for each of these columns can be set separately.
To set the formats use the Options | Program Options... command from the main menu (or click its command button) and select Date Formats from the list of option pages on the left side.
To see formats for entering dates and times into dialog controls click here.
Default Formats
If a format is blank the dialog controls will display dates and times in a format determined by how your version of Windows is setup.
Quick Examples
For Tuesday, 31 October 2003 at 1:15:30 in the afternoon
Dates
Times
Complete List of Formats
d
The one- or two-digit day.
dd
The two-digit day. Single-digit day values are preceded by a zero.
ddd
The three-character weekday abbreviation.
dddd
The full weekday name.
h
The one- or two-digit hour in 12-hour format.
hh
The two-digit hour in 12-hour format. Single-digit values are preceded by a zero.
H
The one- or two-digit hour in 24-hour format.
HH
The two-digit hour in 24-hour format. Single-digit values are preceded by a zero.
m
The one- or two-digit minute.
mm
The two-digit minute. Single-digit values are preceded by a zero.
M
The one- or two-digit month number.
MM
The two-digit month number. Single-digit values are preceded by a zero.
MMM
The three-character month abbreviation.
MMMM
The full month name.
t
The one-letter AM/PM abbreviation (that is, AM is displayed as "A").
tt
The two-letter AM/PM abbreviation (that is, AM is displayed as "AM").
yy
The last two digits of the year (that is, 1996 would be displayed as "96").
yyyy
The full year (that is, 1996 would be displayed as "1996").
Ref: HIDH_FILE_DATE_FORMATSV
Entering Dates & Times in Dialogs
These formats tell FileBoss how to display file times. Most notably these file times are seen in the Modified, Accessed and Created columns in the contents window of any view. The format for each of these columns can be set separately.
To set the formats use the Options | Program Options... command from the main menu (or click its command button) and select Date Formats from the list of option pages on the left side.
To see formats for displaying file times click here.
Quick Examples
For Tuesday, 19 March 2002 at 1:15:30 in the afternoon
(Note the the colon and slashes are not used as these cannot be part of a file name!)
| Tuesday, March 19, 2002 | %A, %B %d, %Y |
| Tue, 19 Mar 2002 | %a, %d %b %Y |
| Tuesday the 078 day of 2002 | %A the %j day of %Y |
Complete Specifications
Year
| %y | Year without century, as decimal number (00 – 99) |
| %Y | Year with century, as decimal number |
Month
| %m | Month as decimal number (01 – 12) |
Week
| %w | Weekday as decimal number (0 – 6; Sunday is 0) |
| %W | Week of year as decimal number, with Monday as first day of week (00 – 53) |
| %U | Week of year as decimal number, with Sunday as first day of week (00 – 53) |
Day
| %a | Abbreviated weekday name |
| %d | Day of month as decimal number (01 – 31) |
| %j | Day of year as decimal number (001 – 366) |
Hour
| %H | Hour in 24-hour format (00 – 23) |
| %I | Hour in 12-hour format (01 – 12) |
| %p | Current locale's A.M./P.M. indicator for 12-hour clock |
Minutes
| %M | Minute as decimal number (00 – 59) |
Seconds
| %S | Second as decimal number (00 – 59) |
Miscellaneous
| %c | Date and time representation appropriate for locale |
| %x | Date representation for current locale |
| %X | Time representation for current locale |
| %z | (or %Z) Time-zone name or abbreviation; no characters if time zone is unknown |
Alphabetical list:
| %a | Abbreviated weekday name |
| %c | Date and time representation appropriate for locale |
| %d | Day of month as decimal number (01 – 31) |
| %H | Hour in 24-hour format (00 – 23) |
| %I | Hour in 12-hour format (01 – 12) |
| %j | Day of year as decimal number (001 – 366) |
| %m | Month as decimal number (01 – 12) |
| %M | Minute as decimal number (00 – 59) |
| %p | Current locale's A.M./P.M. indicator for 12-hour clock |
| %S | Second as decimal number (00 – 59) |
| %U | Week of year as decimal number, with Sunday as first day of week (00 – 53) |
| %w | Weekday as decimal number (0 – 6; Sunday is 0) |
| %W | Week of year as decimal number, with Monday as first day of week (00 – 53) |
| %x | Date representation for current locale |
| %X | Time representation for current locale |
| %y | Year without century, as decimal number (00 – 99) |
| %Y | Year with century, as decimal number |
| %z, %Z | Time-zone name or abbreviation; no characters if time zone is unknown |
Format Code Meaning
%#a, %#A, %#b, %#B, %#p, %#X, %#z, %#Z, %#% # flag is ignored.
%#c Long date and time representation, appropriate for current locale. For example: "Tuesday, March 14, 1995, 12:41:29".
%#x Long date representation, appropriate to current locale. For example: "Tuesday, March 14, 1995".
%#d, %#H, %#I, %#j, %#m, %#M, %#S, %#U, %#w, %#W, %#y, %#Y Remove leading zeros (if any).
Ref: HIDH_FILE_DATE_FMTS_DIALOGS
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