This zone allows you to specify the writing format of the properties of type''  Date''. When the user will be asked to select a day in a calendar we can say that the  first day of the week   begins with ''Monday'', that the ''first week of the year'' is the ''First full weekand that the date value will follow the format defined by  Date format''.


 


You can define a custom date format:


Characters

Description

d

Displays the day as a number without a leading zero (example 1). Use %d if this is the only character in the user-defined numeric format

dd

Displays the day as a number with a leading zero (example 01)

ddd

Displays the day as an abbreviation (e.g. Mon.)

dddd

Displays the day as an abbreviation (example Monday)

M

Displays the month as a number without a leading zero (e.g. January is 1). Use %M if it is the only character in the user-defined numeric format

MM

Displays the month as a number with a leading zero (e.g. January corresponds to 01)

MMM

Displays the month as an abbreviation (e.g. January corresponds to Jan.)

MMMM

Displays the month as a full month name (example January)

y

Displays the year in numeric format without leading zeros (e.g. 0-9). Use %Y if it is the only character in the user-defined numeric format

yy

Displays the year in a two-digit numeric format with a leading zero if applicable (e.g. January corresponds to 01)

yyy

Not available

yyyyy

Displays the year in a four-digit numeric format


Be case sensitive (upper/lower case) and indicate the separators of your choice.

Here are some examples of user-defined date formats for the Thursday, October 18, 2012.


Format

Poster

dd-MM-yy

18-10-12

dd/MM/yy

18/10/12

M/d/yy

10/18/12

d MMM yy

18 Oct. 12

d MMMM yyyyy

October 18, 2012