Editing Date Display

Applies to: DVMAX Research v2.0 and higher

Purpose: Facilities have the ability to edit how the date is displayed in the DVMAX Research application using two different advanced settings. This document describes the options available.


Editing Advanced Settings:

From DVMAX Research Setup Client Application 

  • Choose Setup from the Admin pull-down
  • Utilities Tab
  • Display Advanced Settings
    There are two advanced settings that can be edited
    • dvmaxr.dateFormat - This setting controls how the date is displayed in Animal History, Text View, and Printed Animal History
    • dvmaxr.weightChangedDateFormat - This setting controls how the date is displayed in the Comments section of the animal record each time a weight change entry is added

Setting Options v2.0:

The following options can be used in the two advanced settings to edit how the date is displayed

Y - 4 digit year
YS - 2 digit year
M - month number
D - day number
MN - month name
DN - day name
MNS - abbreviated month name
DNS - abbreviated day name

Example: D-MN-YS would display as 5-April-17

Setting Options v3.0 and higher

The following options can be used in the two advanced settings to edit how the date is displayed

OptionText DescriptionDisplay Example
dDay of the month, 2 digits with leading zeros01 to 31
DA short textual representation of the day of the weekMon to Sun
jDay of the month without leading zeros1 to 31
IA full textual representation of the day of the weekSunday to Saturday
NISO-8601 numeric representation of the day of the week1 (for Monday) through 7 (for Sunday)
wNumeric representation of the day of the week 0 (for Sunday) to 6 (for Saturday)
FA full textual representation of a month, such as January or MarchJanuary to December
mNumeric representation of a month, with leading zeros01 to 12
MA short textual representation of a monthJan to Dec
nNumeric representation of a month, without leading zeros1 to 12
YA full numeric representation of a year, 4 digits1999 or 2003
yA two digit representation of a year99 or 03
aLowercase Ante meridiem and Post meridiemam or pm
AUppercase Ante meridiem and Post meridiemAM or PM
g12-hour format of an hour without leading zeros1 to 12
G24-hour format of an hour without leading zeros0 to 23
h12-hour format of an hour with leading zeros01 to 12
H24-hour format of an hour with leading zeros    00 to 23
iMinutes, with leading zeros  00 to 59
sSeconds, with leading zeros00 to 59


Example: j-M-y would display as 5-Apr-17