Date formats

Optiva supports these date and time formats.

Format Description en-US Culture
f Long Date, Short Time dddd, MMMM dd, yyyy h:mm tt
F Long Date, Long Time dddd, MMMM dd, yyyy h:mm:ss: tt
t Short Time h:mm tt
T Long Time h:mm:ss tt
d Short Date M/d/yyyy
D Long Date dddd, MMMM dd, yyyy
Y Month/Year MMMM, yyyy
M Month/Day MMMM ddd
S Sortable format is identical in every culture. yyyy-MM-dd T HH:mm:ss
SD Sortable Date yyyy-MM-dd
ST Sortable Time yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm
UD Unambiguous Date dd-MMM-yyyy
UT Unambiguous Time dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm

Use of any other format reverts to the default value. The default value is the short date (d) format. For multi-language, you can use the S, SD, ST, UD or UT format.

Date formats can be applied to grids at the column level and parameters.

MMM segments displays the abbreviated month in the browser language. See sample chart below.

English Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept.
French janv. févr. mars avril mai juin juil. août sept.
Note: Parameters do not currently support storing times with parameters, only dates. So although many of the formats show the time portion, it will reset to midnight (aka time 0:00) when you are finished editing. As such, customers should be discouraged from using formats that show the time.