Using the Time Sheet

Use the Time sheet of the Report Formats dialog to change the default report formats for your time fields.

To change the default report formats for time fields

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

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

   

2. The Use System Default check box is checked by default. If you make any changes to the controls on this dialog, the Use System Default check box automatically unchecks itself, indicating that the system defaults set by the configuration application are no longer being used. Alternatively, to begin making your changes, you can manually uncheck this check box.

   To revert to the system default values at any time during the report design process, you can check the Use System Default check box.

   The Sample group box at the bottom of the sheet displays a sample of the selected format.

3. Select the 12 Hour Clock option button if you want your report times printed in 12-hour clock format or select the 24 Hour Clock option button if you want your report times printed in 24-hour clock format.

   The default value is 12 Hour Clock.

4. If you want to include seconds in your printed times, check the Show Seconds check box.

   By default, this check box is unchecked, indicating that seconds are not printed.

5. If you want the time marker printed as a prefix to the time value (for example, pm12:06), uncheck the Show Time Marker as Suffix check box.

   For the 12-hour clock format, the default time markers are am and pm. You can change these by using the Marker text box, described in step 8 of this instruction.

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

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

   By default, this check box is checked, indicating that the leading zero is printed when the hour value is less than 10; for example, 09:06pm.

7. 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.

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

   The default value is a colon character (:).

8. 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 to be 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.

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

10. Click the Apply button to apply the changes you have made or click the Close button to close the Report 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.