Time Sheet

Use the Time sheet of the System Formats dialog to set the default formats for time fields.

To set the default formats for time fields

1. Click the Time tab of the System Formats dialog.

   The Time sheet, shown in the following image, is then displayed.

   

2. Select the 12 Hour Clock option button if you want your report times printed in the 12-hour clock format or the 24 Hour Clock option button if you want your report times printed in the 24-hour clock format. The default value is 12 Hour Clock.

3. Check the Show Seconds check box if you want to include seconds in your printed times. By default, this check box is unchecked, indicating that seconds are not printed.

4. Uncheck the Show Time Marker as Suffix check box if you want the time marker printed as a prefix to the time value; for example, pm12:06.

   For 12-hour clock format, the default time markers are am and pm. You can change these, by using the Marker text box, described later in this instruction.

   The Show Time Marker as Suffix check box is checked by default, indicating that the time marker is printed as a suffix to the time value.

5. Uncheck the Show Leading Zero for Hours < 10 check box if you want to suppress the printing of the leading zero (0) when the hour value is less than 10.

   The Show Leading Zero for Hours < 10 check box is checked by default, indicating that the leading zero (0) is printed when the hour value is less than 10; for example, 09:06pm.

6. In the Separator text box, enter the character that you want to separate the hours and minutes (and seconds, if the Show Seconds check box is checked) of your default time format.

   The default value is a colon character (:).

   You cannot use more than three characters as separator text. If the separator text contains any of the d, M, y, g, h, H, m, s, or t characters, they are removed. The apostrophe character (’) is not displayed as such when used as a separator character.

7. In the Marker text box, enter time markers to indicate pre-noon and post-noon times.

   If you selected the 12 Hour Clock option button, the default markers are am and pm. If you want to create your own default markers, enter up to 30 characters in the Marker text box.

   If you selected the 24 Hour Clock option button, only one Marker text box is displayed. If you want a marker printed against the times in your report, enter up to 30 characters in the Marker text box. By default, there is no marker for the 24 Hour Clock option.

8. Click another tab if you want to make changes on the other sheets of the System Formats dialog.

9. Click the Apply button to apply the changes that you have made or click the Close button to close the System Formats dialog.

   To save the recent changes when you close the dialog, you must click the Apply button immediately prior to closing the dialog. To abandon any changes that you have made but not yet applied, do not click the Apply button immediately prior to clicking the Close button.