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Chapter 3 | Creating databases 92
4. Select the date format you want to use from the Format list, then select additional formats for
the date field.
5. Press Enter or Tab, or click outside the Inspector to apply the changes.
For more information about specifying formats for date fields, see Help.
Specifying formats for time fields
You can control how FileMaker Pro displays time values in fields.
1. In Layout mode, select one or more time fields, or calculation fields with a time result.
2. Click Inspector in the layout bar, then click Data.
3. In the Data Formatting area, click Time .
4. Select the time format you want to use from the Format list, then select additional formats for
the time field.
If you want to format the seconds component to display fractional seconds, continue with the
next step. If you don’t want to format the seconds component, skip to step
6.
5. Click Number in the Data Formatting area, then select the formatting options you want.
Choose options for
day, month, date,
year, and separator
characters
Choose options
for displaying
Japanese dates