| Field | Description |
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| Type
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Indicate if you want the format to be the short date, medium date, long date, short date and time, or time without the date.
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| Sample
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This field displays the current format. As you select formatting options,
DPS updates the sample based on your selections.
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| Date Options: Use Separator from Regional Settings
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If you selected
Short Date or
Short Date and Time in
Type, select
Use Separator from Regional Settings in the
Date Options group box to use the date separator from your Regional and Language Options in Windows. If you want to use a different separator, clear that check box and select a separator in
Date Separator. (For date formats other than the short date format,
DPS uses the punctuation specified in your Regional and Language Options for Windows.)
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| Date Separator
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If you selected
Short Date or
Short Date and Time in
Type but you did not select
Use Separator from Regional Settings, select a separator from the drop-down list in
Date Separator. To use a separator that is not in the drop-down list, type the separator character in the field. (For date formats other than the short date format,
DPS uses the punctuation specified in your Regional and Language Options for Windows.)
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| Date Order
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Select the order in which you want
DPS to display the day, month, and year components of the date:
Month Day Year,
Day Month Year, or
Year Month Day.
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| Display Day
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Clear this check box if you do not want dates to include the day.
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| Display Month
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Clear this check box if you do not want dates to include the month.
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| Display Year
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Clear this check box if you do not want dates to include the year.
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| Display Four Digit Year
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Select this option if you want dates to display all four digits of the year (2014). If you clear the check box, dates only show the final two digits (14).
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| Display Leading Zeros
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Select this option if you want dates to include leading zeros when the days or numerical months are less than 10 (01/09/2009). Clear the check box if you do not want
DPS to display the leading zeros (1/9/2009).
If you select
Display Day but do not select
Display Month or
Display Year, this check box is selected automatically and you cannot clear it. This also occurs if you select
Display Month but do not select
Display Day or
Display Year.
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| Time Options: Use Separator from Regional Settings
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If the default date includes the time, select
Use Separator from Regional Settings in the
Time Options group box if you want to use the time separator from your Regional and Language Options in Windows. The time separator is the character that separates hours from minutes, and minutes from seconds. If you want to use a different separator, clear that check box and select a separator from the drop-down list in
Time Separator. If you want to use a separator that is not in the drop-down list, type the separator character in the field.
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| Time Separator
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If you do not select
Use Separator from Regional Settings, select a separator from the drop-down list in
Time Separator. To use a separator that is not in the drop-down list, type the separator character in the field.
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| 24-Hour Clock
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Select this option if you want times displayed based on a 24-hour clock rather than a 12-hour clock (1:00 p.m. displayed as 13:00).
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| Display AM/PM
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Select this option if you want
DPS to display an a.m. or p.m. indicator as part of the time.
If you select this option,
DPS uses the a.m. and p.m. indicators specified in your Regional and Language Options for Windows.
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