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
| Option | Text Description | Display Example |
|---|---|---|
| d | Day of the month, 2 digits with leading zeros | 01 to 31 |
| D | A short textual representation of the day of the week | Mon to Sun |
| j | Day of the month without leading zeros | 1 to 31 |
| I | A full textual representation of the day of the week | Sunday to Saturday |
| N | ISO-8601 numeric representation of the day of the week | 1 (for Monday) through 7 (for Sunday) |
| w | Numeric representation of the day of the week | 0 (for Sunday) to 6 (for Saturday) |
| F | A full textual representation of a month, such as January or March | January to December |
| m | Numeric representation of a month, with leading zeros | 01 to 12 |
| M | A short textual representation of a month | Jan to Dec |
| n | Numeric representation of a month, without leading zeros | 1 to 12 |
| Y | A full numeric representation of a year, 4 digits | 1999 or 2003 |
| y | A two digit representation of a year | 99 or 03 |
| a | Lowercase Ante meridiem and Post meridiem | am or pm |
| A | Uppercase Ante meridiem and Post meridiem | AM or PM |
| g | 12-hour format of an hour without leading zeros | 1 to 12 |
| G | 24-hour format of an hour without leading zeros | 0 to 23 |
| h | 12-hour format of an hour with leading zeros | 01 to 12 |
| H | 24-hour format of an hour with leading zeros | 00 to 23 |
| i | Minutes, with leading zeros | 00 to 59 |
| s | Seconds, with leading zeros | 00 to 59 |
Example: j-M-y would display as 5-Apr-17